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When her father is killed tragically in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Christine finds herself deserted in her own family. Devastated by grief and unable to form a real connection with her mother, she decides to take the only path she knows: the one her father forged in the army.

Isabelle Berger has little interest in men. So when a boorish hunter proposes, the timid girl begs her protective father to decline on her behalf. But after her beloved papa is killed tracking a wolf with her would-be husband, Isabelle flies into a rage and sets off in pursuit of the fiendish creature. Thrown from her horse while hunting the beast, the bookish young woman is quickly drawn to the mysterious stranger who rescues her. But when her rugged savior loses his temper, Isabelle is terrified by the dark secret he’s hiding.

For 16-year-old Sadie Sanders, dealing with the dead is growing tiresome, especially when they expect her to be their messenger from the afterlife. But when her family moves to Salem, Massachusetts, and she finds the diary of a young girl named Elizabeth who was accused of witchcraft, she may need some help.

America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian-American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin - a Chinese-American man - beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed.

Death seems to follow 17-year-old Sadie Sanders everywhere she goes - literally. As a mediator to the dead, she must constantly face fighting demons and the occasional angry dead girl. After a dangerous and almost deadly first year in Salem, Sadie's parents decided to send her away for the summer to visit her Aunt Morgan in the small town of Nicholasville, Kentucky. After uncovering a murder hidden for centuries, she embarked on a deadly mission to solve the crime while trying to enjoy her summer vacation.

Sadie Sanders believed her life couldn't get any worse when her parents moved her from sunny California to gloomy Salem, Massachusetts. Of course, Sadie was wrong - dead wrong. After a dangerous and almost deadly first year in Salem, Sadie's parents decide to send her away for the summer to visit her Aunt Morgan in the small town of Nicholasville, Kentucky.

After uncovering a murder hidden for centuries, she embarked on a deadly mission that led to several other exciting and almost deadly adventures. Now, as Sadie finally feels at home with her role as mediator and friendships with Noah and Lucy, a twist brings everything crashing down. Uncovering a mystery that has plagued the residents of Roanoke for centuries, Sadie takes on a job she may not even be able to solve. In Wicked Endings, the fourth installment of the Wicked Cries series, Sadie must fight the biggest battle and mystery she has ever encountered.