Mary: The Summoning
Readers rate it 3.1 (4 on Hardcover)
251 pages · Released Sep 2, 2014 · Hachette+ORM
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Mary: The Summoning is a supernatural horror novel centered on the Bloody Mary urban legend that blends genuine scares with psychological tension as the girls face consequences of their summoning. The book contains moderate violence (injuries, deaths), some crude language, and significant horror elements including dread, paranoia, and body horror, making it best suited for teens comfortable with genre horror. While the narrative explores themes of friendship and accountability, the primary focus is on terror and suspense rather than character growth or positive resolution.
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There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her. Jess had done the research. Success requires precision: a dark room, a mirror, a candle, salt, and four teenage girls. Each of them--Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna--must link hands, follow the rules . . . and never let go. A thrilling fear spins around the room the fir... There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her. Jess had done the research. Success requires precision: a dark room, a mirror, a candle, salt, and four teenage girls. Each of them--Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna--must link hands, follow the rules . . . and never let go. A thrilling fear spins around the room the first time Jess calls her name: "Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. BLOODY MARY." A ripple of terror follows when a shadowy silhouette emerges through the fog, a specter trapped behind the mirror. Once is not enough, though--at least not for Jess. Mary is called again. And again. But when their summoning circle is broken, Bloody Mary slips through the glass with a taste for revenge on her lips. As the girls struggle to escape Mary's wrath, loyalties are questioned, friendships are torn apart, and lives are forever altered. A haunting trail of clues leads Shauna on a desperate search to uncover the legacy of Mary Worth. What she finds will change everything, but will it be enough to stop Mary--and Jess--before it's too late?
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- Friendship
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ISBN 9781423187516 · Hachette+ORM