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Everyone has secrets. Mags has teeth. Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend. And then there's her secret, which pulls her…

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1 author picked The Deep Dark as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’d read this when it was an posted online but it was nice to revisit it in book farm. The characters are real and deep and Molly’s storytelling is top-notch. This book is much more adult than her previous works, which gives it some extra heft, both in length and in emotional resonance. Even knowing what the “deep dark” is, it was still an engrossing ride through love, loss, and secrets set in the desert southwest.

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