For fans of White Smoke, The Hazel Wood, and Wilder Girls comes an original, hypnotizing horror thriller in the vein ofMidsommar,as one girl inherits a mysterious house from her estranged grandmotherand a letter with sinister instructions.Jo never expected to be placed in her absent grandmothers willlet alone be left her house, her land, and a letter with mysterious demands.Upon arriving at the inherited property, things are even more strange.The tenants mentioned in the letter are odd, just slightlyoff. Jo feels something dark and decrepit in the old shack behind the house. And the things that her father used to talk about, his delusions Why is Jo starting to believe they might be real?But what Jo fears most is the letter from her grandmother. Because if its true, then Jo belongs here, in this strange place. And she has no choice but to stay.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 336 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 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .