Overview
A “haunting…addictive” (Publishers Weekly) novel about a teen who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future when murders eerily similar to the dark stories her brother used to tell start happening in her hometown—now with updated text and a brand-new look! You swore on summer. Ben was Lana’s world. He was her big brother, her best friend, her summer. And then he was murdered in a grisly carjacking, and her world ended. Now, six months after Ben’s death, Lana is trying to reinvent herself. She’s found her way into the inner circle of popular kids, and the Lana she is now—bold, daring, brash, adventurous—barely resembles the shy, unpopular Lana she used to be. And then a body turns up. At first, everyone thinks it’s just a horrible accident. But when more corpses are discovered, Lana realizes the details of the murders eerily match the dark fairy tales Ben used to tell her—stories that only she and Ben knew. Is Ben seeking vengeance from the grave? Or has a darker phantom from their past come to haunt Lana’s present?
Full Product Details
Author: Alexandra Sirowy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition: Reissue
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781665973854
ISBN 10: 1665973854
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 14 to 99 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“Haunting…[an] addictive novel."" * Publishers Weekly * “Will leave readers stunned and satisfied.” * Booklist * ""A neatly done murder mystery."" * Kirkus Reviews * ""Lana’s got a steely edge to her narration, even in her most vulnerable moments, and her confident determination that she’s going to figure out what is going on may inspire plenty of readers to follow her."" * BCCB *
""A neatly done murder mystery.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Haunting...[an] addictive novel.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Lana's got a steely edge to her narration, even in her most vulnerable moments, and her confident determination that she's going to figure out what is going on may inspire plenty of readers to follow her.""-- ""BCCB"" ""Will leave readers stunned and satisfied.""-- ""Booklist""
Author Information
Alexandra Sirowy is the author of The Creeping and The Telling. She was born and raised in Northern California, where she attended a women’s college as an undergraduate and received her MA at the University of San Francisco. She is a voracious reader, the oldest of three children, an avid traveler, a record-holding high school long jumper, a gourmet cook, a feminist, and forever grateful to her parents for reading to her as a child. Alexandra lives in Northern California with her husband.
