The Killers Cousin
No. of pages 240
Published: 2002
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This book features in the following series: Playaway Young Adult, Thorndike Young Adult .
There are 240 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Nancy Werlin is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Killer's Cousin , Rules of Survival , Black Mirror , Impossible , and a host of other young adult novels. She lives in Massachusetts.
Edgar Allen Poe Award for YA
Ghosts in literature
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Physical And Emotional Abuse in literature
"Highly unsettling mystery in which the reader is never sure who is the killer and who is the cousin. Lily is a fabulously well-realised, manipulative 11-year-old and Werlin is excellent at conveying that uncomfortable formality between family hosts and their teenage guest. Henceforth may everything that the American Nancy Werlin writes be published here in the UK too. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."
achuka
"Gripping from beginning to end"
Sunday Express 21/7/02
"The novel's gothic flavour, compelling minor characters... and subtle exploration of guilt and complicity add texture to this tense psychological drama"
Publishers' Weekly, starred review
"Readers will be hard pressed to put this one down"
VOYA, starred review
"Utterly terrifying psychodrama... Werlin winds the tension to an excruciating point, then releases it with a fiery climax... Teens will find this tautly plotted thriller, rich in complex, finely drawn characters, an absolute page turner"
Booklist
"A gripping and sometimes disturbing psychological thriller... This is not an easy read, as the subject of children who kill will never be an easy one, but it is a book that will make you think"
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