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Nearly Gone

by Elle Cosimano

Ages: 14+

Published: 2014

Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books/Penguin

ISBN: 978-0-8037-3926-0

Keywords: Mathematics, Serial Murders

Nearly Boswell, model student but social nobody, discovers cryptic clues that seem to lead to who is murdering her classmates. Is she smart and brave enough to stop the killing?