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Defender


No. of pages 240

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Great for age 12-18 years
From the Edgar Award winning author of "Acceleration"" comes a mystery about an old murder and new truths, perfect for fans of Barry Lyga, Madeleine Roux, and Michelle Gagnon. They call her Tiny, but Tyne Greer is six foot six, a high school basketball star who is hoping the game will be her ticket out of the slum. She lives in a run-down building called The Zoo, where her father is the superintendent. One day she discovers a crack in the wall of an abandoned basement room. And sealed up in the wall is a girl s body. Horrified, she runs to get her dad. But after he goes to take a look, he comes back and tells Tyne that nothing s there. No girl. No body. He tells her she must be seeing things in the dark. Tyne is sure it was real, though, and when she finds evidence that the body was moved from the hole in the wall, she knows the only one who could have done it is her father. But why? What is he hiding? Tyne s search foranswers uncovers a conspiracy of secrets and lies in herfamily. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous itbecomes for her. Because some will do anything to bury the past . . . andkeep her silent."""

 

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Wendy Lamb Books .

Graham McNamee grew up in Toronto and now lives in Vancouver. He has worked in bookshops, libraries, a book-binding factory and, of course, a Lost Property office! He is extremely shy and his hobbies are drawing and photography.

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