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In this gripping literary horror, Case's best friend Drea goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike - and possibly murderous - world, perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic.. Something bad happened here.. When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea has been living here with a few classmates Case has never met, and Drea asked her to visit in a letter dated two weeks ago.. But now Drea is nowhere to be found.. Drea's roommates can't - or won't - answer questions, leaving Case to search alone. She finds bits of Drea's journal hidden in the tiles of the bathroom wall, in a beat-up cooler by the muddy river, wedged into the frame of her closet door.
About the Author
samantha was born four days before the death of john lennon. she grew up in dallas, playing bass guitar along to vinyl records in her bedroom after school, writing fan letters to rock stars, doodling song lyrics into notebooks, and reading big, big books. she spends as much time as possible in the west texas desert. A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON (Algonquin Young Readers, spring 2016) is her first novel.
