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Fell Back

by M.E. Kerr

Ages 12+ · Grades 7–12 · 181 pages · 1989

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About the book

At Gardner, an exclusive prep school, an elite club called the Sevens holds a special place. When Lasher, one of the Sevens, falls to his death, the school is shaken, and soon afterward Creery, Lasher's rival, takes his own life. John Fell, whose father was a private investigator, cannot accept the easy explanations. Tutoring a local girl named Nina Deem draws him into the town beyond campus, where her father has made claims about a young man named Eddie, and his questions lead toward Creery's shadowy stepbrother. The closer Fell comes to the truth, the greater the danger to his own life. This sequel to Fell continues M. E. Kerr's mystery series for teen readers.

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Ages 12+ · Grades 7–12

Grade ranges are editorial guidance. Every reader is different.

The mystery centers on two student deaths, one of them a suicide, and the teenage hero is put in serious danger. A drug-dealing accusation figures in the plot.

Content notes

  • Violence
  • Mature themes