Julie Buxbaum Books in Order

Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends a happy relationship just before an expected proposal. As professional pressures and family troubles mount, she confronts the unresolved grief and fear that may be driving her increasingly self-defeating choices.

Ellie travels from Boston to London after her best friend Lucy's death, hoping to help Lucy's silent young daughter. Discovering secrets in her friend's life also forces Ellie to confront her own marriage and losses.

Grieving teenager Jessie struggles to fit into a Los Angeles prep school after her father's remarriage. An anonymous correspondent offers guidance, becoming an important connection whose hidden identity complicates her search for friendship and belonging.

After her father's fatal car accident, Kit befriends socially isolated classmate David, appreciating his directness. Asking him to investigate the crash draws them closer, but the truths they uncover may test their unexpected bond.

Abbi, known from an iconic photograph taken during the September 11 attacks, seeks anonymity at summer camp. Fellow counselor Noah recognizes her and draws her into investigating the image's history, reopening painful questions for them both.

Privileged teenager Chloe expects to attend her dream college until her celebrity mother is arrested in an admissions bribery scandal. Public outrage and possible charges force Chloe to examine her family's choices and her own complicity.

Sky moves into Area 51 to live with her mysterious uncle and discovers alien neighbors. When residents disappear just as she arrives, she and her new friends investigate while trying to clear her family's name.

A kiss and a lie fracture Immie and Paige's friendship before junior year. New romances, Arch's secrets, and a fire at their school entangle the teenagers in questions of loyalty, identity, and responsibility.

Sky Patel-Baum and her friends learn that a giant space toilet is hurtling toward Area 51. A traitor inside the base is helping hostile aliens coordinate the attack, leaving the young investigators to uncover the culprit before impact.

Sky discovers that her grandmother is an undercover agent kidnapped and held at the mysterious Area 52. Ignoring orders to stay out of the investigation, she and her friends follow puzzles and hidden clues while someone works to stop them.

A UFO disappears from Area 51 just before an important government visit, and a whistleblower claims evidence of an alien landing. Sky and her friends have less than a week to find the missing craft and protect the base’s secrets.