Mariah Fredericks, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $15.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-85092-9
Sari is "hot." Jess is not. This difference has never mattered to the best friends, who met in seventh grade. But once they begin their freshman year at Eldridge Alternative High School, Sari's looks begin to attract negative attention...
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Mariah Fredericks, Author . Simon Pulse $6.99 (211p) ISBN 978-0-689-86958-7
A girl comes to understand the ramifications of a fine figure (or lack thereof) as her best friend becomes the spotlight of their freshman year class. "This author clearly knows the psyche of adolescents," PW
said. Ages 12-up. (June)
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Mariah Fredericks, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $15.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-689-85532-0
This ambitious second novel from the author of The True Meaning of Cleavage
covers roughly the same terrain—alienation among affluent New York City teens—with mixed success. The story starts strong, capturing the obsessive pull that an...
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Mariah Fredericks, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $15.95 (317p) ISBN 978-0-689-86938-9
Fredericks (The True Meaning of Cleavage
) weaves together the experiences of four juniors who are in the throes of preparing for the SATs: Max, an intelligent test-taker and gifted writer with his sights set on Columbia; Daisy, his best friend, a...
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Mariah Fredericks, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $15.99 (270p) ISBN 978-0-689-87654-7
The first in a planned trilogy that explores clique dynamics for middle-graders, Fredericks's (The True Meaning of Cleavage
) twist is a set of tarot cards left to narrator Anna by an elderly woman for whom she catsat, and who recently passed...
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Mariah Fredericks. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-375-86843-6
Fredericks’s haunting psychological thriller is filtered through the watchful eyes of high school student Rain, as she looks into the death of her classmate Wendy, who is found murdered in Central Park the night after a party. Both outsiders, Rain...
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Mariah Fredericks. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-449-81277-8
Fredericks (The Girl in the Park) delivers an intense but hopeful tale of bullying, revenge, and grief. The summer before junior year, narrator Toni Thurman had a fling with Oliver, who was “kind of taking a break” from his relationship with his...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $24.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-15297-8
YA author Fredericks (Season of the Witch) makes her adult debut with a sparkling mystery set in 1910 Manhattan. Lady’s maid Jane Prescott works for the Benchleys, who have the money but not the sophistication to be part of elite society. When the...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $26.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-15299-2
Fredericks’s wonderfully moving sequel to 2018’s A Death of No Importance opens in 1912 with lady’s maid Jane Prescott helping Louise Benchley, the shy daughter of an upper-class New York family, prepare for her society wedding to William Tyler. The
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Mariah Fredericks, Author, Emmi Fredericks, Author St. Martin's Griffin $12.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-32354-7
""Yeah, it's all crap, but it's still kind of interesting. Isn't that what we all say when we first get into tarot?"" Maybe yes, maybe no--but this is an energetic guide to augury nonetheless. Enthusiast Fredericks narrates her book in a quirky,...
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Emmi Fredericks, Author, Mariah Fredericks, Author . St. Martin's/ Dunne $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-31294-7
She refers to Jennifer and Brad by their first names. She watched Princess Di's funeral on TV, just to celebrity-spot the mourners. It's official: 20-something New Yorker Eliza is a celebraholic. She has a screechingly dull job at...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-21088-3
Set in 1913 Manhattan, Fredericks’s engrossing third mystery featuring lady’s maid Jane Prescott (after 2019’s Death of a New American) focuses on the plight of prostitutes. The Rev. Tewin Prescott, Jane’s socially progressive uncle, runs a refuge...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-21090-6
Set in 1914, Frederick’s lyrical fourth Jane Prescott mystery (after 2020’s Death of an American Beauty) finds lady’s maid Jane Prescott, after a year in Europe with young society matron Louise Tyler, back in New York, where she learns her former...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-82740-1
Betty Gow, a 26-year-old Scottish immigrant and Lindbergh family nanny, narrates this poignant crime novel from Fredericks (the Jane Prescott series), which fictionalizes the 1932 kidnapping of 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. from the family’s...
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Mariah Fredericks. Minotaur, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-82742-5
Fredericks (The Lindbergh Nanny) presents a vivid portrait 20th–century book publishing and New York City high society in this fascinating if leisurely paced historical standalone featuring House of Mirth author Edith Wharton as a sleuth. It’s...
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