02609cam a2200409 i 4500 623904130 TxAuBib 20210225120000.0 191218s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019055174 9780316537247 hardcover 0316537241 hardcover (OCoLC)1135091062 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda BDX rda DLC YDX OJ4 IJ5 OCLCO UAP FMG TCH ILC VP@ UKMGB GZD TxAuBib BDX YDX OJ4 IJ5 OCLCO UAP FMG TCH ILC VP@ UKMGB GZD TxAuBib rda Leno, Katrina, author. Horrid / By Katrina Leno. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 327 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie. Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone ... and more tormented. As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident "bad seed," struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in response. Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the "storage room" her mom has kept locked isn't for storage at all -- it's a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears ... Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more ... horrid? Ages 14+. Little, Brown and Company. Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.6 10 510191. 20210225. Eating disorders Biography Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Fathers Death Fiction. Moving, Household Juvenile fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Horror tales. Ghost stories. Occult fiction. Fiction. TXKPL