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by Joan Lowery Nixon (Author)
EDGAR AWARD WINNER
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Other Side of Dark from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Stacy wakes up in a hospital room, in a body she doesn't recognize. Her mother is dead--murdered--and Stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound. She is the sole eyewitness to the crime, but she has only a shadowy memory of the killer's face. Will Stacy be able to regain a clear memory of that fateful day before the killer reaches her?The Other Side of Dark is one of Joan Lowery Nixon's most intriguing, suspenseful, and dramatic mysteries. "The compelling premise...and Nixon's mastery of suspense are gripping." -Publishers Weekly "Tense and dramatic... The Other Side of Dark has a] quick pace, and the determined protagonist should attract and hold readers." -School Library Journal
Author Biography
Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore, The Séance, The Name of the Game Was Murder, and The Other Side of the Dark, which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.
Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions: 0.43 x 8.21 x 5.55 IN
Publication Date: January 11, 2011
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Other Side of Dark
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 6
