2010 The Last Child by John Hart
Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he'd been taught since birth to trust.

2009 Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder - four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mother lives.

2008 Down River by John Hart
Adam Chase is passionate and misunderstood, a fighter. When narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, he disappears for five long years: not a clue, not a trace. Now, he's back and nobody knows why - not his family or the cops, not the women he left behind. But Adam has his reasons.

2007 The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
It is 1836. Europe is modernizing and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court.

2006 Citizen Vince by Jess Water
Darkly hilarious and unexpectedly profound, Citizen Vince is an irresistible tale about the price of freedom and the mystery of salvation, by an emerging writer of boundless talent.

A trip into the woods proves a learning experience for 13-year-old Harry in this latest coming-of-age mystery yarn. When Harry and his sister Thomasina (Tom) strike out into the woods, they confront not only the myth of the Goat Man, but also some myths about the nature of justice and race in their 1930s East Texas community.