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341 pp.
| Little
| September, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-316-29870-4$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-316-29869-8
(3)
YA
Silla and her little sister run away from an abusive home to live with their aunt. For a time they are happy, but their aunt claims the woods are cursed, and every day the trees move closer. The slow build of suspense and fear, combined with Silla's believable rage at her situation and her well-rendered feelings of helplessness, create a dark, nuanced psychological mystery.
416 pp.
| Little
| September, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-316-29868-1$18.00
(4)
YA
Carly and Kaitlyn are two girls in one body. They claim they've always been this way. Others say it's dissociative identity disorder. Told in diary entries, video transcripts, and newspaper clippings, the events leading to the girls' involvement in the deaths of five teens are creepy, but too many competing theories about what's really going on muddle the suspense.