Bücher von Linda Vista

Ninth Grade's crazy, it's supposed to be; everybody's just getting their act together. But Vanessa's new friend is more like a best girlfriend than a boy. They're both smart, and when they see people playing assassination at the mall and passing enciphered messages in bus stop caches, of course they try to break the codes! But there's a real mystery here: Who's stalking them from the shadows? How do they know so many intimate details of their lives? Will the principal make good on his threat to expel them? Are they just in trouble, or mortal danger?Ness races to solve the mystery and save her best friend.The first in the "My Friend Chloe" stories, Bus Stop Dead Drop serves up suspense, romance, mystery, secret codes, cover stories, and answers the age-old question, "Can a transsexual win the Science Fair?"

Shamed? Bullied? Betrayed? Wish your parents stuck up for you, or your friends'd start a riot before they let anyone hurt you? Ever live undercover? Make do without loyalty or care, starve for basic love and respect, and walk through this world without a place to stop and think? Ever risk death just to be who you are? Meet Jane. She's not super, but she uses what she's got. She hasn't taken life or limb, but she's surprised people. She's survived, she hasn't needed anybody. That's about to change.

Chloe and Ness make a new friend. So naturally they get caught up in secret plots involving atomic weapons and Cabinet secretaries. They're still breaking codes, but these codes are coming from a cult. Or is the cult a front? And is it a front for some airhead drug users, or a foreign intelligence service? "Maggie, I hope you're sane, 'cause I really like you." Chloe smiled. "You're brave, Chloe. You know how few people would say something like that?" "She was taken because her parents can build bombs. She'll have seconds to tell where she is, but you're the only ones who'll understand it." Willie gave Maggie a knife. "It's sharp. It's the sharpest thing you've ever handled. If you get clumsy, you can lose fingers,or cut an artery." "What makes it so sharp?" "I do." Willie never blinked. Ness nodded, "The good news is, she works at a coffee house. There's no such thing as too much coffee!"