I've always been fascinated by stories about seemingly-inescapable curses, and in particular stories about cursed media, so the concept of this book hooked me. Its immersion in millennium-era pop culture and technology also made for a fun look-back at a more innocent time. Above all, the eerie twists created a sense of dread and compelled me to keep reading.
From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s
Piper Lowery, a public library clerk in charge of liaising with the local middle school, can tell right away there's something strange about the new girl in eighth grade. Avery Wallace won't touch any kind of technology, not even the computers at the library, and her mother comes to school with her every day, refusing to leave her side—not even when Avery uses the restroom.
And then there are the rumors, the whispers Piper hears from kids in the hallway and parents…
In its detailed, minute by minute descriptions of the unfolding fire, the book felt as tense and action-packed as an Irwin Allen disaster movie. Von Drehle also dispels many of the myths surrounding the tragedy and depicts a class conflict that feels disturbingly modern.
Describes the devastating 1911 fire that destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village, the deaths of 146 workers in the fire, the Jewish and Italian immigrants, mostly women, who made up the majority of the victims, and the implications of the catastrophe on twentieth-ce
This fictional take on one of America's earliest true crimes brings readers into the heads of multiple figures involved in the Elma Sands murder case. Unlike the comparatively dry, straightforward nonfiction representation I'd previously read, Willig explores the possible thoughts, emotions, and motivations of the suspects, lawyers (including Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr), and loved ones left behind, making the events more accessible and memorable.
"This is historical fiction at its best." --Book Reporter
Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone-and no one-seemed to know.
At the start of a new century, a shocking murder transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows.
Just before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin's boarding house-and doesn't come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows-until…
This thrilling retelling of the events of King Kong from the point of view of the island natives gives a voice and a name to characters long relegated to the background. Fuala, a young, strong-willed woman and the originally chosen Bride of Kong, describes the elaborate society that existed before the Island King's rampage and the horrors that befell the islanders afterward. Beset by famine, natural disasters, and bloodthirsty monsters, how will anyone survive?
