House of Ash and Bone

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The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland, available in paperback with a brand-new cover. The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Jagger is a talented writer with special abilities she doesn't fully understand. Over the years she has developed methods to cope with the voices she hears in her head, but the old house her family has inherited in Vermont makes Josephine question what's real and what's not more than anything she's ever encountered before. It's filled with shadows, and whispers, and the unshakable feeling of being watched. Josephine then catches her first glimpse of a shadowy woman with long hair, pale skin, an impossibly wide smile and hollow pits for eyes. Her name is Dorcas, the ghost of a witch who died three hundred years ago. She has summoned the family to Vermont to ensnare them - then consume them - in order to rise from the grave and live again . . .

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One of Kids Committee List's Red Maple Fiction Readers Books for 2024

"Engaging characters kept me turning the pages even when spine-chilling scenes made me wish I hadnt decided to read this after dark." Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Someone Is Always Watching

A chilling story of shadows and of witches who want more than just your soul to keep. Joel is a master in the art of suspense, and you'll root for Josephine too while she slowly uncovers the terrifying secrets of her new home all the way to its horrific, heart-pounding conclusion. Rin Chupeco, author of The Bone Witch

House of Ash and Bone breathes new life into YA horror and also announces the arrival of a powerful new voice! Highly recommended! Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and editor of Weird Tales Magazine

"Crammed with jump scares and terrifying twists, House of Ash and Bone is a chilling, spine-tinglingthriller with atmosphere to spare. Joel A. Sutherlands debut young adultnovel is a winner from creepy start to terrifying finish, a classic horror tale with a contemporary vibe thats sure to have readers of all ages flipping pages until late into the night. I loved it!"TomRyan, award-winning author of Keep This to Yourself

"A thoroughly enjoyable, suspenseful supernatural tale." Kirkus Reviews

"Sutherland lets readers know from the start that something is wrong with the house and its inhabitants. A feeling of being unmoored permeates the book as Josephine tries to understand what is real and what is delusion. . . . A creepy and unsettling ghost story." School Library Journal

Author Bio

JOEL A. SUTHERLAND is the Silver Birch, Diamond Willow and Hackmatack Award-winning author of Be a Writing Superstar, numerous volumes of Haunted Canada (a series that now has more than 500,000 copies in print) and Summer's End (a Red Maple Award Honour Book currently in development for television by Scholastic Entertainment, Mainframe Studios and Man of Action Entertainment). His new series, Haunted, has been praised by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. He has a Masters of Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University in Wales and lives in southeastern Ontario with his family, where he is always on the lookout for ghosts.