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	Johnson, Maureen. TRULY DEVIOUS New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2018 IL YA ISBN 9780062338068 (3 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Welcome to Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school where great young minds can learn and grow, where curiosity can flourish...and the perfect setting for a felony or two. Enter Stevie Bell, present day student and crime enthusiast. She arrives at Ellingham determined to solve the case of the murder and kidnapping that happened 80 years ago on campus. But before she can come to any conclusions, a fellow student is found dead and it appears the original killer may have returned. Who will be the next victim? Does Stevie truly have what it takes to uncover the evidence and reveal the truth? You won’t able to put down this suspenseful tale full of twisted riddles. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020) Booktalk #2 True-crime buff Stevie Bell is starting her first year at the mysterious Ellingham Academy. The academy is an exclusive private school whose student body consists of creative geniuses, radical thinkers, and innovators. Soon after the school opened in the late 1930s, a devastating crime occurred. The founder’s wife and small daughter were abducted and a student was found dead. The only clue discovered was a letter in the form of a riddle, signed “Truly, Devious.” The case remains unsolved. Stevie would love to be the one to solve the case - in fact, it’s the reason she applied to Ellingham. In a surprising turn of events, Stevie finds herself in the middle of a brand new murder investigation when Truly Devious returns to campus. (Georgia Peach Book Award, 2020) Booktalk #3 Stevie Bell has always felt like a misfit until she arrives at Ellingham Academy, an exclusive private school in Vermont filled with creative geniuses and great thinkers. Stevie wonders if she belongs, but she is determined to stay because she has come on a mission. She is going to finally solve a crime that has left everyone stumped for decades. In the 1930s, the founder’s wife and child were kidnapped and they were never seen again. The only clue was a cruel, taunting note signed by Truly Devious, and Stevie is determined to figure out what happened. While digging into the past in search of answers, she finds herself in the middle of a new investigation when Truly Devious returns. She must now look at everyone as a suspect while trying to stay alive. Will Stevie solve the crimes in time, or will she be Truly Devious’s latest victim? (Prepared by: Kathy Carroll, Westwood High School, kacarroll@richland2.org) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021)
	SUBJECTS: Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction. Boarding schools -- Fiction Schools -- Fiction. Vermont -- Fiction. Mystery and detective stories.

Johnson, Maureen.
TRULY DEVIOUS
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2018
IL YA
ISBN 9780062338068

(3 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

Welcome to Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school where great young minds can learn and grow, where curiosity can flourish...and the perfect setting for a felony or two. Enter Stevie Bell, present day student and crime enthusiast. She arrives at Ellingham determined to solve the case of the murder and kidnapping that happened 80 years ago on campus. But before she can come to any conclusions, a fellow student is found dead and it appears the original killer may have returned. Who will be the next victim? Does Stevie truly have what it takes to uncover the evidence and reveal the truth? You won’t able to put down this suspenseful tale full of twisted riddles. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020)

Booktalk #2

True-crime buff Stevie Bell is starting her first year at the mysterious Ellingham Academy. The academy is an exclusive private school whose student body consists of creative geniuses, radical thinkers, and innovators. Soon after the school opened in the late 1930s, a devastating crime occurred. The founder’s wife and small daughter were abducted and a student was found dead. The only clue discovered was a letter in the form of a riddle, signed “Truly, Devious.” The case remains unsolved. Stevie would love to be the one to solve the case - in fact, it’s the reason she applied to Ellingham. In a surprising turn of events, Stevie finds herself in the middle of a brand new murder investigation when Truly Devious returns to campus. (Georgia Peach Book Award, 2020)

Booktalk #3

Stevie Bell has always felt like a misfit until she arrives at Ellingham Academy, an exclusive private school in Vermont filled with creative geniuses and great thinkers. Stevie wonders if she belongs, but she is determined to stay because she has come on a mission. She is going to finally solve a crime that has left everyone stumped for decades. In the 1930s, the founder’s wife and child were kidnapped and they were never seen again. The only clue was a cruel, taunting note signed by Truly Devious, and Stevie is determined to figure out what happened. While digging into the past in search of answers, she finds herself in the middle of a new investigation when Truly Devious returns. She must now look at everyone as a suspect while trying to stay alive. Will Stevie solve the crimes in time, or will she be Truly Devious’s latest victim? (Prepared by: Kathy Carroll, Westwood High School, kacarroll@richland2.org) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021)

SUBJECTS: Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.
                        Boarding schools -- Fiction
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Vermont -- Fiction.
                        Mystery and detective stories.