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Enter a realm where fears are physical and memories come alive in this absorbing psychological suspense thriller from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film. "A thriller that will grip readers from the start." -Hypable. Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim--their...

"You can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCour in this paranormal mystery YA about the ghosts we carry with us. Something is building, simmering just out of reach. The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana....

Mandy's life changes forever when her ten-year-old twin sister eats a hamburger tainted with E coli and dies.

Sam and his brother Robert fear their new neighbor is a zombie and plans to bring their dead pet gerbil back to life.

In the months after her sister dies, seventeen-year-old Lennie falls into a love triangle and discovers the strength to follow her dream of becoming a musician. Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive TobyBailey's boyfriend who shares her griefand Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs... though she knows if the...

Six years ago, Calliope Bolan’s mother drove the family van into a lake with her three daughters inside. The girls escaped, but their mother drowned, and the truth behind the “accident” remains a mystery Calliope is determined to solve. Now sixteen, she transfers to Tipton Academy, the same elite boarding school her mother once attended. Tipton promises a peek into the past and a host of new opportunities—including a coveted invitation to...

Grandpa and his granddaughter spend his last summer visiting and enjoying the pine woods near their house.

Gabriela's death is foretold by a letter. She starts on her 'wrap-up list' so she will complete things that are important to her before the end.

When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.

During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of dolphins with whom she has been doing research.