A Different Kind of Murder
Aug 2027 · Sold by Feiwel & Friends
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When a murder of crows begins wreaking havoc on a small town, a girl with OCD must come to terms with what it means to be a “good” person in order to stop the crows from enacting the worst of her intrusive thoughts, in this YA horror for fans of Don’t Let the Forest In and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth!
On the surface, seventeen-year-old Paloma O’Hare is gentle, well-behaved, and balanced, especially compared to the troublesome step-sister taking up most of her parents’ attention. But Paloma’s anxiety and OCD have been worsening since her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend found the journal that she’d been using to detail her disturbing intrusive thoughts. It feels inevitable that soon, everyone else will discover what she’s always feared most: she’s actually a terrible person.
For months, Paloma left the journal untouched and instead spent all her free time birding in the forest surrounding her small town, befriending the crows there and convincing herself things might be okay. That is, until dead animals start showing up with page scraps from her journal stuffed inside them, preceding violent attacks by the crows . . . attacks that are making her worst intrusive thoughts come true. Horrified, Paloma knows this is all her fault.
Teaming up with an unlikely ally, town loner Alise Cordova, Paloma tries to find a way to stop the crows before they take things too far. But unless she can reconcile with the cruelest parts of her brain and accept her own imperfections, there may be no way of stopping the murder.
On the surface, seventeen-year-old Paloma O’Hare is gentle, well-behaved, and balanced, especially compared to the troublesome step-sister taking up most of her parents’ attention. But Paloma’s anxiety and OCD have been worsening since her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend found the journal that she’d been using to detail her disturbing intrusive thoughts. It feels inevitable that soon, everyone else will discover what she’s always feared most: she’s actually a terrible person.
For months, Paloma left the journal untouched and instead spent all her free time birding in the forest surrounding her small town, befriending the crows there and convincing herself things might be okay. That is, until dead animals start showing up with page scraps from her journal stuffed inside them, preceding violent attacks by the crows . . . attacks that are making her worst intrusive thoughts come true. Horrified, Paloma knows this is all her fault.
Teaming up with an unlikely ally, town loner Alise Cordova, Paloma tries to find a way to stop the crows before they take things too far. But unless she can reconcile with the cruelest parts of her brain and accept her own imperfections, there may be no way of stopping the murder.
When a murder of crows begins wreaking havoc on a small town, a girl with OCD must come to terms with what it means to be a “good” person in order to stop the crows from enacting the worst of her intrusive thoughts, in this YA horror for fans of Don’t Let the Forest In and The Spirit Bares Its Te...
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Racquel Marie grew up in Southern California where her passion for storytelling of all kinds was encouraged by her friends and big family. She received a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University of California, Irvine. Her debut novel Ophelia After All won a California Book Award. Her third novel This Is Me Trying won the Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature. Her fourth novel If We Survive This is a USA TODAY bestseller. There is, unexpectedly, a C in her first name.
Racquel Marie grew up in Southern California where her passion for storytelling of all kinds was encouraged by her friends and big family. She received a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University of California, Irvine. Her d...
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