Books for Young Readers
Holly Horror
“Playmate, come out
and play with me…”
After her parents’ painful divorce, Evie Archer hopes that moving to Ravenglass, Massachusetts, is the fresh start that her family needs. But Evie quickly realizes that her new home—known by locals as the Horror House—carries its own dark past after learning about Holly Hobbie, who mysteriously vanished in her bedroom one night.
But traces of Holly linger in the Horror House and slowly begin to take over Evie’s life. A strange shadow follows her everywhere she goes, and Evie starts to lose sight of what’s real and what isn’t the more she learns about The Lost Girl.
Can Evie find out what happened the night of Holly’s disappearance? Or is history doomed to repeat itself in the Horror House?
Praise for Holly Horror
"A captivating premise…[with] a slingshot ending that made me jump.”
- The Washington Post
"Energetic and colorfully descriptive...will have readers yelling 'don't do that!' in excellent horror-movie fashion."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Bursting with dark history, ghoulish ghosts, and high-stakes secrets...its myriad twists will keep readers riveted all the way to the satisfying climax."
- Publishers Weekly
"Full of thrills, chills, and lacy frills, readers will have fearful fun with every page. I didn't want it to end!"
- Sara Farizan, Award-winning author of Dead Flip
"With chilling twists and turns, a supremely creepy haunting, and moments of psychological terror that would make Shirley Jackson proud, Holly Horror is that rarest of treats: a genuinely scary ghost story."
- Rob Costello, Author of The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times
"A fabulous patchwork of nightmares. You'll never look at that bonneted silhouette the same way again!"
- Ana Dávila Cardinal, Author of Breakup from Hell