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Cohen,
Marina. |
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Eleven-year-old
Quinn has a lot on
her plate. Her
younger sister,
Emma, has
vanished, leaving
behind an orange
backpack and a
devastated family;
Quinn has been
caught cheating at
school; and her
best friend Kara
is moving away.
While accompanying
Kara and family on
their trip from
Colorado to their
new home in
California, Quinn
and all end up at
the mysterious Inn
Between in the
desert where
Persephone, at the
reception desk,
greets them with
“We’ve been
expecting you.”
Peculiar guests, a
strange elevator
that conveys
people up (or
down), never to
return, and a
creepy swimming
pool with
unsuspected depths
all add to the
unsettling
atmosphere – and
when Kara’s
parents and
brother abruptly
disappear, the
girls decide that
it’s time to make
a run for it. This
eerie and
multi-layered
mystery, while
dealing with dark
issues, is an
intriguing and
addictive read. (Vermont
Dorothy Canfield
Fisher Book
Award, 2018) |
| SUBJECTS: Best friends -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Ghost stories. Haunted places -- Fiction. Horror fiction. Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction. |
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