Underlined Paperbacks / Small Town Monsters
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The Conjuring meets The Vow! This is the terrifying story of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town.
Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as...
Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as...
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The Conjuring meets The Vow! This is the terrifying story of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town. Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she's the family outcast, lacking her parents' innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement.
Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year, spending his days thinking about parties and friends. Instead he's taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn't recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father's death might be something more...sinister.
When Maxwell and Vera join forces, they come face to face with deeply disturbing true stories of cults, death worship, and the very nature that drives people to evil.
"With death cults, possession, exorcism, and demons, Small Town Monsters is like all of my favorite horror movies rolled up into one unputdownable book!" Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending
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Chapter OneVera
A darkness surged through Roaring Creek, casting a shadow upon its modest homes and oozing onto Vera Martinez s hands and it all began, at least for her, the day that Maxwell Oliver s pale brown eyes turned her way.
He was staring.
Vera flipped a fistful of curls in front of her face and pretended not to notice. This was an unfamiliar situation. Boys never looked at Vera, and certainly not like this.
She opened an eight-hundred-page novel, reduced to the five-inch screen on her phone, and pretended to read. Discreetly, she scratched her scalp with a nail chipped of black polish and let her gaze slip between her wavy strands. Yup, he was still looking.
All right, class! Ms. Spuhler cleared her throat to begin their last day of eleventh-grade English. Settle down. The teacher grabbed the TV remote, the only tool necessary on the final day of classes.
Roaring Creek High School had the feel of an iPhone powering down one app at a time. Science teachers cleaned lab equipment, jocks threw out ratty sneakers, and theater kids sobbed over the end of another magical season. Vera, however, was the app that no one clicked. She was Keynotes or Numbers, an icon you couldn t delete due to manufacturer settings, but was rarely engaged.
So why was Maxwell Oliver suddenly taking notice?
We ll be picking up Jane Eyre right where we left off, said Ms. Spuhler. So far today, Vera had watched Saving Private Ryan in AP History; Hidden Figures in precalculus; and now Jane Eyre in Advanced English.
He s not looking at me, she reasoned. Then, because she had to prove herself right, Vera glanced at the window behind her, expecting to see a flying squirrel or mating robins drawing Maxwell s attention. But there was nothing. Not even a breeze.
Her brow furrowed. Vera and Maxwell had never spoken, not directly, or at least if they had, she couldn t remember it.
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They d never been partners on a project or run into each other at the beach. To say they moved in different social circles would imply that Vera had a circle, which she didn t. Unless you counted her family, and that was just sad. Vera preferred to be thought of as sans-circle. The loner. The outcast. The . . . well, all the other names that people called her.
Her parents had unconventional careers, the kinds that caused dog walkers to cross the street when they passed the Martinez home and mothers to refuse to let their children go over for playdates. Vera had long since accepted this, because what other choice did she have? Hating her reality would mean hating her mom and dad, and she refused to go there.
Maxwell Oliver, on the other hand, was an athlete, an honest-to-goodness I competed in the Junior Olympics sprinter. He was beloved. Janitors high-fived him in the hallway, and girls, if given the option, would line up in formal wear for a chance to accept his thornless rose.
Vera was different, for a slew of reasons that added up to her not being the type who d catch Maxwell Oliver s eye. Yet he was staring, almost like he had something to say. It made no sense. Every cell in her brain screamed Don t fall for it, it s a trick! But still her stomach twisted with the toxic taste of hope. A shoved-down piece of her soul longed for someone to look at her and see something other than the five-year-old everyone avoided on the playground.
Vera tucked a thick lock of hair behind her ear and gnawed on her lip. She was under no obligation to pretend she didn t notice. He was staring at her. So technically he should be embarrassed.
She steadied herself, prepa
Her parents had unconventional careers, the kinds that caused dog walkers to cross the street when they passed the Martinez home and mothers to refuse to let their children go over for playdates. Vera had long since accepted this, because what other choice did she have? Hating her reality would mean hating her mom and dad, and she refused to go there.
Maxwell Oliver, on the other hand, was an athlete, an honest-to-goodness I competed in the Junior Olympics sprinter. He was beloved. Janitors high-fived him in the hallway, and girls, if given the option, would line up in formal wear for a chance to accept his thornless rose.
Vera was different, for a slew of reasons that added up to her not being the type who d catch Maxwell Oliver s eye. Yet he was staring, almost like he had something to say. It made no sense. Every cell in her brain screamed Don t fall for it, it s a trick! But still her stomach twisted with the toxic taste of hope. A shoved-down piece of her soul longed for someone to look at her and see something other than the five-year-old everyone avoided on the playground.
Vera tucked a thick lock of hair behind her ear and gnawed on her lip. She was under no obligation to pretend she didn t notice. He was staring at her. So technically he should be embarrassed.
She steadied herself, prepa
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Autoren-Porträt von Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is the multi-published author of seven YA novels, including the Anastasia Phoenix Series, the Amor and Summer Secrets series, and Small Town Monsters. She is a Creative Writing Instructor for Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth, and she has been published in several anthologies.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Diana Rodriguez Wallach
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2021, 336 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593427513
- ISBN-13: 9780593427514
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for Small Town Monsters: A Kirkus 13 Scariest Books of 2021 pick!
"Page-turner." Bustle
"An eerie thriller emphasizing the power of inner strength." Kirkus
"Filled with great storytelling and surprises, this book will grab readers from page one." Booklist
"...a taste of The Exorcist condensed into a bite-size morsel." School Library Journal
With razor sharp pacing, hair-raising chills, and well-drawn characters to root for, Small Town Monsters does for YA horror what Stranger Things did for Netflix. Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Well-paced and truly terrifying, Small Town Monsters is a nightmarish world filled with demons, cults, and awkward first glances a perfect horror recipe. Suzanne Young, New York Times bestselling author of The Program series.
Rodriguez Wallach knows how to tell a suspenseful story and doesn t pull any punches. Small Town Monsters combines the horror of The Conjuring with the heart of Stranger Things. Andrew Shaffer, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Santa: A Horror for the Holidays Novel
Small Town Monsters has a rich mythology, and it s populated by memorable characters. The Big Chill
"Rodriguez Wallach hits her stride with a new YA novel about the nature of evil." Suburban Life
"Incredibly addicting." Latinx in Publishing
"...one incredibly entertaining horror experience." Mystery & Suspense Magazine
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