Summer vacation has just started and Grace Risbin's mother has been offered an enormous job as a zoo keeper in Sydney, Australia. Grace is disappointed to be leaving her hometown of New York, New York but is excited to help her mother with the animals. She has always wanted a dog but their apartment complex could never hold one. While walking on the beach, a puppy washes up covered in seaweed. She rescues the puppy and takes it home but something strange happens when her mother lets Grace keep it. With a dark secret trailing her boyfriend, new friends who may have something to do with this, and a confused heart, has this dog been Saving Grace?
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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