Last week we perused mystery in our children’s fiction collection. This week’s picks from our teen fiction collection has mystery with a little pinch of thriller. These horrific YA picks have everything: dark academia, confronting terrible pasts, high stakes, gothic settings, and not to mention murder. With trust being scarce and thrillers from every angle, these characters must navigate treacherous terrain to survive long enough to solve the mystery. This featured pick of the week is That Which Feeds Us by Keala Kendall, a Hawaiian Gothic horror novel. In a search to find Ohia, a missing sister, Lehua’s dream vacation at the Kopa’a Island Resort turns into a nightmare when the boat leaves her behind, but it turns out that Ohia’s disappearance isn’t the island’s only mystery to solve. Despite hearing warnings to leave the island, Lehua needs to unearth the island’s bloody history and face the horrors lurking beneath the sugarcane surface to find her sister.

Check out more YA horror mystery below!

That Which Feeds Us
Keala Kendall
Random House Children’s Books/Random House Books for Young Readers
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Last to Leave
Teresa Richards
Charlesbridge/Charlesbridge Teen
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A House of Vipers
Emma Jackson
Random House Children’s Books/Delacorte Press
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Paradise Coast
Suzanne Young
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Heiress of Nowhere
Stacey Lee
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Sarah Barley Books
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