In The Middle of the Night- Robert Cormier

For as long as he can remember, Denny Colbert hasn't been allowed to answer the phone. Sometimes it will ring twelve, thirteen times in a row. Sometimes it will ring in the middle of the night. No matter how many times the Colberts' move, the phone calls and letters find them. These phone calls always happen at the same time every year- Halloween.

When Denny's dad was sixteen, he was involved in an accident at a theater that killed twenty-two children. One of the children hasn't forgotten. This year it's worse- it's the 25th anniversary of the accident and everything is getting drudged up again. One day Denny gets sick of ignoring the ringing phone and he picks it up. This time, the person on the other end is looking for him.

***** stars!

This is my favorite so far! It was really suspenseful and creepy. I read it in one day, dying to know what happened at the end. I wasn't disappointed!

Harmless by Dana Reinhardt

When I saw this new title from Dana Reinhardt, I had to read it immediately. She also wrote A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, which was one of my favorite books of 2006.

In Harmless, three friends tell a lie that snowballs into something much bigger than they planned. Anna and Emma begin their friendship with Mariah as a result of a school project. Mariah is the type of girl that everyone envies- she's a transfer from another school who is pretty, confident, and sort of scandalous. They forge a friendship and Mariah introduces them to her world of boys, booze, and late nights.

On one of these late nights, the girls miss their curfew by a long shot and concoct a plan to keep them out of trouble. The result of this lie is way more than they bargained for. As the lie grows, it gets harder and harder to take back.

**** stars- suspenseful as well as a really fun read.