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by Kate Karyus Quinn (Author)
The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.
On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.
A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.
Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape--unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.
- A Chilling Case of Amnesia: She's back after a year, but her memory isn't. Annaliese knows she's an imposter in her own life, but the truth of who--or what--she really is might be too terrifying to remember.
- Haunting Visions: Snatches of memory return, revealing a bloody razor, the faces of other girls who have vanished, and a desperate wish that started a violent, endless cycle.
- Body Horror Suspense: The entity wearing Annaliese's skin is driven by a strange, dark hunger. As she fights for control, she uncovers a terrifying ritual that consumes girls piece by piece.
- Twisted High School Secrets: Returning to high school means facing the boy she was with the night she disappeared, suspicious classmates, and a past that won't stay buried.
Front Jacket
A reckless wish taken from the darkest desires of the heart . . .
A bloody razor engraved with the names of girls who turned to dust . . .
An endless cycle that feeds off loneliness and craves destruction . . .
Together, these pieces form a twisted puzzle that Annaliese has to solve. Trapped in a body that isn't hers--with no memory of how she got there--she must unlock the secrets of her past in order to escape the horrors of her future.
--Horn Book MagazineBack Jacket
A reckless wish taken from the darkest desires of the heart . . .
A bloody razor engraved with the names of girls who turned to dust . . .
An endless cycle that feeds off loneliness and craves destruction . . .
Together, these pieces form a twisted puzzle that Annaliese has to solve. Trapped in a body that isn't hers--with no memory of how she got there--she must unlock the secrets of her past in order to escape the horrors of her future.
