Buzz Kill
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Putting the dead in deadline
To Bee or not to Bee? When the widely disliked Honeywell Stingers football coach is found murdered, 17-year-old Millie is determined to investigate. She is chasing a lead for the school newspaper—and looking to clear her father, the assistant coach, and prime suspect.
Millie's partner is gorgeous, smart—and keeping secrets
Millie joins forces with her mysterious classmate Chase who seems to want to help her even while covering up secrets of his own.
She’s starting to get a reputation . . . without any of the benefits.
Drama—and bodies—pile up around Millie and she chases clues, snuggles Baxter the so-ugly-he’s-adorable bassett hound, and storms out of the world’s most awkward school dance/memorial mash-up. At least she gets to eat a lot of pie.
Best-selling author Beth Fantaskey’s funny, fast-paced blend of Clueless and Nancy Drew is a suspenseful page-turner that is the best time a reader can have with buried weapons, chicken clocks, and a boy who only watches gloomy movies . . . but somehow makes Millie smile. Bee-lieve it.
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After 17-year-old Millie Ostermeyer discovers the body of none-too-popular football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare, the student reporter decides to investigate his murder. She has several motivations, including beating out her nemesis cheerleader/newspaper editor Viv Fitch and clearing the name of her own father, the team's assistant coach and the number-one suspect. Millie is joined in her amateur sleuthing by handsome, enigmatic quarterback Chase Albright; while Millie is attracted to him (or at least to his amazing vocabulary), she discovers secrets about his past, too. Bright, underachieving Millie is an offbeat and frequently hilarious narrator; after a falling-out with her favorite librarian, a heartbroken Millie huffs, "From now on, I'll be using the school library." (Aside from cracking the case, Millie's primary ambitions are to win a local steak-eating contest and "to backpack around the world after high school. Or maybe take a nice nap"). A quirky cast and Millie's quasi-bumbling antics make Fantaskey's (Jekel Loves Hyde) murder mystery a breezy and thoroughly entertaining read. It's easy to get swept up in the buildup to the exciting final confrontation. Ages 12 up.