Burgan, Michael. LIZZIE BORDEN : HISTORY'S WORST

Burgan, Michael.  LIZZIE BORDEN : HISTORY'S WORSTNew York : Aladdin, 2018IL 5-8ISBN 9781481496513 

On August 4, 1892, the city of Fall River, Massachusetts was shocked by a horrendous crime. Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home.  The Bordens were well-known in the city and the crime was brutal. To make the story more sensational, the police arrested the couple's daughter Lizzie and charged her with the murders.  The gruesome crime attracted interest from all over the world. The press followed every bit of Lizzie's trial. Even over a hundred years after the murder, people still talk about the murder and discuss whether Lizzie actually axed her parents to death.

Bowman, Erin. FROZEN

Bowman, Erin.  

FROZEN
New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. ©2014
IL 5-8
ISBN     9780062117304

Leaving their village in search of answers, Gray Weathersby and friends have discovered the mystery surrounding the heists of boys from the village. And now they are trying to stop the government from their cruel plot to use the boys. But they find a frozen world with few allies willing to fight against the Franconian Order. Will they find a way to stop the Order? And are the allies what they seem to be?

Bowman, Erin. FORGED

Bowman, Erin. 

FORGED
New York : Harperteen 2016
IL 5-8
ISBN 9780062117335

Gray Weathersby and the rebels are taking their final stand against the Order. But with so many forgeries in their midst, how can they know who to trust? They are getting harder to detect and even harder to defeat.  Gray and the rebels now join the Expats to try to take down the Order.  And they know it is now or never.

Apfelt, Kathi. ANGEL THIEVES

Apfelt, Kathi. 
ANGEL THIEVES
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019
IL 5-8
ISBN 9781442421097

Told from the perspective of four characters, this is a story that brings them together. An angel, an ocelot, runaway slaves, and a river. We meet Cade Curtis who is a young boy who is a cemetery thief. He is searching cemeteries in pursuit of carved angels to sell. We also learn the story of runaway slaves many years in the past. The stories slowly weave together.