Book description
Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House in the unmissable next novel from the author of Harrow Lake.
"Cinematic, clever, and creepy, with a main charactger that leaps off the page, Burden Falls ticks off all my moody thriller boxes." —Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling author of The Mary…
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1 author picked Burden Falls as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love a vengeful ghost. And Dead-Eyed Sadie, who haunts the little town of Burden Falls, is like an eyeless grudge’s Kayako Saeki. I almost expected to hear that horrible death rattle while flipping the pages. After a series of nightmares and a vision of Sadie, and the appearance of a dead body, teen sleuth, Ava Thorne is determined to solve the town’s murder problem before she becomes the main suspect. With a cursed waterfall and a vengeful ghost to contend with, it should be simple… right? Not when the murderer seems to have a vendetta against the Thornes and…
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Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence.
Silver Medal in Children's Adventure, 2020 International Readers' Favorite Awards.
Award-winning Finalist, Next Generation Book Awards.
1st Place in both Children's Adventure AND Grades 4th-6th, 2020 TopShelf Awards.
Grand Prize Winner, Colorado Author Project.
1st Place, Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Award.
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