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Don't Let the Forest In

CG Drews - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods.Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea...
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Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name in this psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades.. Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer....
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The Invocations

Krystal Sutherland - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.. Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .. Zara Jones believes in magic because...
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So Witches We Became

Jill Baguchinsky - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King's The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys will be boys", girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vacation house on a private Florida...
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Where the Dark Stands Still

A. B. Poranek - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

A girl with dangerous magic makes a risky bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous power in this young adult fantasy perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens and House of Salt and Sorrows.. Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners are monsters. She has done...
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Out of Body

Nia Davenport - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

A high-stakes, propulsive YA thriller with a body-swap twist thoughtfully exploring themes of friendship and identity, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson.Seventeen-year-old Megan Allen has been jumping from friend group to friend group in her high school, trying on identities like outfits....
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The Bad Ones: A Novel

Melissa Albert - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with THE BAD ONES, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history. Goddess, goddess, count to fiveIn the morning, who's alive?. In the course of a single winter's...
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The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories

Desiree S. Evans - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end . Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one.Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives...
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The Harrowing

Kristen Kiesling - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In award-winning author Kristen Kiesling and illustrator Rye Hickman's YA graphic novel The Harrowing, a psychic teen hunts potential killers until she discovers the boy she loves is her next target. Rowan Sterling should be worrying about normal teenage things like attending college...
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Perfect Little Monsters

Cindy R. X. He - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl's friends are suspects. And each one has a reason for wanting her to die.Ella Moore was the most popular girl in school ... and also the most hated. When she's murdered at her own party, there are too many...
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The Dare

Natasha Preston - Delacorte Press
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read! Would you accept the dare? In Marley's town, seniors are given a prank as a rite of passage ... a dare, if you will. The dares start out simple ... egging houses, balloons...
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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbinary teen investigating a series of copycat murders targeting girls in their small town - murders based on their serial killer dad's MO.Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek.Sid...
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The Blonde Dies First

Joelle Wellington - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adult thriller from the acclaimed author of Their Vicious Games, about a demonic force that acts according to horror movie rules in the spirit of the Scream movies.. Devon is always being left...
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It's Only a Game

Kelsea Yu - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced YA thriller, a dangerous game becomes all too real when Marina and her friends are framed for murder.. When Marina Chan ran from her old life, she brought nothing with her-not even her real name. Now she lives in fear of her past being discovered. But when her online...
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Death at Morning House

Maureen Johnson - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Praise for NINE LIARS: "The exploration of the importance of friendship adds emotional vulnerability to this book, which has a well-developed sense of place and features the series signature humor and layered mystery elements. Immersive and genre-savvy." Kirkus Reviews(starred...
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Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

Codie Crowley - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Murdered bad girl Annie Lane is back from the grave and hellbent on revenge . . . she just has to figure out who killed her.. This fast-paced thriller by a talented debut delivers a horror-infused hunt for justice that's at once furiously feminist, darkly funny, and utterly satisfying.....
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The Dark We Know

Wen-yi Lee - Zando - Gillian Flynn Books
Format: Hardcover

From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King's IT, and The Haunting of Hill House. . "Wen-yi Lee has crafted a dark and compelling supernatural mystery buoyed by earnestly written,...
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Under the Surface

Diana Urban - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days - a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope ... even when all seems lost.. "Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana...
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Come Out, Come Out

Natalie C. Parker - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A spine-tingling LGBTQIA YA horror about queer teens who accidentally invoke a twisted spirit who promises help but delivers something sinister.. Perfect for fans of Kayla Cottingham, Andrew Joseph White, and Ryan LaSala.. "A searing and poignant portrait of queer identity wrapped...
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The Unfinished

Cheryl Isaacs - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover

In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.When small-town athlete Avery's morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople...
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The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's

Hanna Alkaf - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An all-girls school is struck with mysterious cases of screaming hysteria in this chilling dark academia thriller haunted by a deeply buried history clawing to the light.. For over a hundred years, girls have fought to attend St. Bernadette's, with its reputation for shaping only the best...
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What the Woods Took: A Novel

Courtney Gould - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"A visceral, unflinching, and emotionally powerful horror novel...this is Gould at her most poignant and most electric." -Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in DrowningYellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted when a group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy...
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Better Left Buried

Mary E. Roach - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

KNIVES OUT meets A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER in Mary E. Roach's debut YA mystery Better Left Buried, in which two girls try to get to the bottom of a town full of secrets, a family full of mystery and an abandoned amusement park where people keep turning up dead.. Lucy Preston...
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Killer House Party

Lily Anderson - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

From Printz Honor winning author Lily Anderson comes a young adult horror that follows Arden and her friends as their graduation party at an abandoned mansion turns into a bloody fight for survival. . Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that...
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I Will Never Leave You

Kara A. Kennedy - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

This emotional debut thriller follows a teen girl being haunted by the ghost of her toxic ex-girlfriend, who gives her a chilling ultimatum - help her possess another girl or go down for her murder.. "A blistering exploration of the ugliest and tenderest parts of love, Kennedy turns...
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The Forest Demands Its Due

Kosoko Jackson - Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023
Format: Book

Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious.

Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent's king-making;...

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All That Consumes Us

Erica Waters - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil. Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die. The students in Corbin College's elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all - free...
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You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?. This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street.. Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl"...
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What Stalks Among Us

Sarah Hollowell - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

From Sarah Hollowell, author of A Dark and Starless Forest, comes a spine-tingling, deliriously creepy YA speculative thriller about two best friends trapped in a corn maze with corpses that look just like them.Best friends and high school seniors Sadie and Logan make their first mistake...
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Man Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters

ANDREA ROGERS - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls. Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance that has swept the last decade.Horror fans will...
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Burn Down, Rise Up

Vincent Tirado - ‎Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost. Stranger Things meets Jordan Peele in this utterly original debut from an incredible new voice.For over a year, the Bronx has been plagued by sudden...
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Blackwater

Jeannette Arroyo - Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic. Set in the haunted town of Blackwater, Maine, two boys fall for each other as they dig for clues to a paranormal mystery. Tony Price is a popular high school track star and occasional delinquent...
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My Dearest Darkest

Kayla Cottingham - ‎Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Wilder Girls meets The Craft in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: what price would you be willing to pay to achieve your deepest desires?Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy... but she's also not what she seems. Months before...

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She Is a Haunting

Trang Thanh Tran - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

This house eats and is eaten . . ."A riveting debut from a remarkable new voice! Trang Thanh Tran weaves an impressive gothic mystery in which Jade's father is determined to restore a decrepit home to its former glory and Jade is the only person who feels the soul-crushing devastation...
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