Margins
Something to Prove book cover
Something to Prove
2010
First Published
4.06
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages

Part of Series

It's a new school year and Robyn finds herself swept up in tragedy and mystery when a new boy, James, transfers to her school, and she is asked to tutor him. Robyn is shocked when she finds out that James' brother was murdered several years earlier, and that the accused killer, Eddy Leonard, was acquitted of all charges due to some savvy moves on his defense lawyer's part. To Robyn's horror the defense attorney in question happens to be her mother, Patricia Stone. And now she dreads the day James finds out who she really is.Meanwhile, Robyn is feeling insecure about her relationship with Nick. He seems to be more interested in spending time with his childhood friend, April than he does with Robyn. And for his part, Nick wonders why Robyn is spending so muchtime with James.Robyn is relieved when James announces that he and his father will be leaving the country at Christmas—his father has found a job abroad. But when she agrees to spend a weekend with James, she stumbles on a plot to avenge his brother's death that puts her own life in peril.
Avg Rating
4.06
Number of Ratings
176
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Author

Norah McClintock
Norah McClintock
Author · 54 books

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers, Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards. Awards: Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner Red Maple Award o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

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