Caroline B Cooney

An enticing new perfume has a deadly bite. When fifteen-year-old Dove Daniel's friends discover the new perfume called Venom, they become infatuated. They have Obsession and Poison; now they simply must have Venom. When they discover it's available at Dry Ice, the coolest store in the local mall, they rush over after school. But to Dove, Venom seems inexplicably terrifying, as does the store that carries it. If she breathes in its potent scent, she...

Seventeen-year-old Susan looks forward eagerly to her senior year in high school but finds her comfortable assumptions and optimistic expectations of life and people shattered by the return home of her older sister, a failed rock singer with a bitter grudge against the family.

When Sophie's father suddenly decides to divorce Sophie's mother and marry her sister Marley's college roommate, Sophie feels like she is trapped in an endless soap opera.

Is this really goodbye for the recent graduates of Westerly High as they get ready to start their new lives? High school is over, graduation already fading into memory. Kip, Anne, Beth Rose, Emily, and Molly are getting ready for one last party before they head off in different directions. Anne has a great new job that will take her all over the world. But it means leaving Con, the boy she loves, behind. Kip is going off to college, a thrilling-and...

Trapped by a vampire in an attic tower, six friends are forced to make a fatal choice. There is a creepy, shuttered attic tower in the town's run-down, old, abandoned mansion, and it's the perfect place to have a spooky party. At least, that's what Randy thinks when he invites his five friends for a night of scary fun. But the night gets more terrifying than anyone anticipated when Roxanne feels a long sharp fingernail brushing her bare neck, with...

A high school junior finds the perfect boyfriend . . . but is he too good to be true? Chapman High juniors Fraser and Annie have been best friends forever. They're each missing only one critical thing: the right boyfriend. Then Annie meets Price. And Fraser meets the guy of her dreams. Gorgeous, sensitive, and considerate, Michael is the perfect boyfriend. Before long, he and Fraser are spending every free minute together. But that's the trouble-Fraser...

Life is great for Marnie MacDonald-until her parents announce they're moving, taking her away from everything she knows and loves Popular high school sophomore Marnie MacDonald loves her life. Then her parents break the news: They're moving to North Carolina! And that's not even the worst part. The MacDonalds are moving with their best friends, the Petersons-including their son, Lucas, a boy Marnie can't stand. In the blink of an eye, her world is...

1964: Christaphine is twenty years old, newly married, and determined to make a home and a life for her and her husband, Tommy. But when Christaphine discovers Tommy and his friends on the verge of committing a horrible crime, she does what she has to do to stop them. Afterwards, she knows she can't ever go home again-so she disappears. 50 years later: When Clemmie's neighbor, Muffin, drags her from Sunday morning service at Trinity Hill Church, convinced...

In small-town Carolina, sixteen-year-old Lutie Painter treasures the "Laundry List" of songs written by her ancestor and does not want to share them, but ultimately they help her learn more about her absent mother and connect with fellow students Kelvin, Doria, and especially Train, a former friend.