Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Gemini Thief could be anyone.Your father, your mother, your best friend's crazy uncle.
Some country music star's deranged sister. Anyone.Someone is stealing Tennessee's boys.
REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.The Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade and taken at least twelve boys.
Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief has taken a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen.
But the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Together with her boyfriend, Nick, and her best friends, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before it's too late. Only she's beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible:
What if her father is the Gemini Thief?
Praise for The June Boys
"Not only a terrifying story of the missing, but a heartbreaking, hopeful journey through the darkness." --MEGAN MIRANDA, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest
"Stunning twists and turns. Hang on tight." --RUTA SEPETYS, international bestselling author
"A gripping suspense that hooked me from the first sentence." --COLLEEN COBLE, USA TODAY bestselling author of One Little Lie and the Lavender Tides series
"I was hooked and couldn't stop reading." --CATHERINE BOCK, book buyer for Parnassus Books
- Full-length, stand-alone Young Adult suspense novel
- Includes Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
Synopsis
From award-winning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a gripping, emotional story of small towns, rumors, and thirteen missing boys.
The Gemini Thief could be anyone.
For nearly a decade the Gemini Thief, a serial kidnapper who abducts three boys on June 1st, has terrorized Tennessee. The June Boys being held captive endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, managing to elude authorities while abducting over twelve boys over the past ten years. No one knows why--but they do know they don't want to be next.
Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief has taken a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus.
But the twisted game begins to change: one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. With the help of her best friends and her boyfriend Nick, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before it's too late. Only she's beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible:
What if someone she knows is the Gemini Thief?
Praise for The June Boys
"Stunning twists and turns. Hang on tight." --Ruta Sepetys, international bestselling author
"Not only a terrifying story of the missing, but a heartbreaking, hopeful journey through the darkness." --Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest
"A gripping suspense that hooked me from the first sentence." --Colleen Coble, USA TODAY bestselling author of One Little Lie and the Lavender Tides series
- Full-length, stand-alone Young Adult suspense novel
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs