The Dark We Know
Readers rate it 3.6 (9 on Hardcover)
237 pages · Released Aug 13, 2024 · Zando
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This is a well-received YA horror novel dealing with serious themes including parental abuse, trauma, and supernatural danger. While it features strong LGBTQ+ representation and meaningful friendships, the book contains graphic horror elements, references to suicide and deaths, and exploration of religious trauma that require maturity to process. It's best suited for older teens who can handle dark, atmospheric horror with psychological depth.
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A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2024 · A Reactor Notable YA Horror Book of 2024 · A Parade Best Horror Book of 2024 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... A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2024 · A Reactor Notable YA Horror Book of 2024 · A Parade Best Horror Book of 2024 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, queer-centric characters. I am enthralled!" —Gillian Flynn Growing up in Slater, Isadora Chang never felt at ease in the repressive small town, even before she realized she was bisexual—but after the deaths of two childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating. So, Isa took off before the town could swallow her, too. Even though it meant leaving everything she knew behind, including her last surviving friend, Mason. When Isa’s abusive father dies, however, she agrees to come back from art school just long enough to collect the inheritance. But then Mason turns up at the cemetery with a revelation and a plea: their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town, and he needs Isa to help stop it—before it takes anyone else. When Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can’t recall drawing, she’s forced to stop running and confront her past. Because something is waiting in the shadows of Slater’s valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children. Whatever it is, it knows Isa’s back . . . and it won’t let her escape again. Wen-yi Lee’s young adult debut is an intimate and gripping exploration of trauma, healing, and the lasting power of friendship, as a runaway teen must finally face the sinister forces that defined her childhood, and in doing so, demand her right to survive.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- LGBTQ
- Religious Trauma
- abuse
- Abuse by parent
- suicide
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ISBN 9781638930501 · Zando