Get knee-deep in snow-bound thrills, with the latest Big Library Read

Between November 1 and 15, this page-turning Young Adult thriller is available from our Libby digital collection with no holds, no waiting. Just download the Libby app, borrow the book and start reading! Share your thoughts on social media using #biglibraryread and be entered into a drawing to win a tablet and a copy of the book signed by the author.

Teenager Mira is desperate to get home to Pennsylvania. When a blizzard grounds her connecting flight, she reluctantly accepts an invitation from her glamorous seatmate, Harper, who plans to drive with three other stranded students. They’re five total strangers traveling through a treacherous storm. All of them have a secret. And one of the strangers doesn’t want Mira to make it home at all.

In a statement from Libby, author Natalie D. Richards, an Ohio native, said the book was inspired by her own harrowing experiences with bad winter weather. “From the snowstorm that stranded me on the side of a rural highway, to the multi-car pile-up I feel lucky to have survived, to the ice storm that took out power for a week the night my mother died, winter storms have set the stage for many of my most terrifying nights.”

The School Library Journal calls Five Total Strangers, “A page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end. Just the kind of fun book one needs for a hot summer day or a cold winter's night." Booklist praises its “high thrill factor.”