The Bad Ones (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250894892)

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Bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with The Bad Ones, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history

Goddess, goddess, count to five
In the morning, who's alive?

In the course of a single winter's night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.

Nora's estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca's disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town's past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca's own childhood games. . . .

An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, The Bad Ones is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.

Author: Melissa Albert
ISBN-10: 1250894891
ISBN-13: 9781250894892
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.85w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 11/13/2023
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 121
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
BookPage 03/01/2024
School Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 90
Shelf Awareness 03/08/2024