GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES
Yellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced teen idol who comes face-to-face with the demons of her past in a glittering, cutthroat
K-pop competition.
After a shocking scandal that abruptly ended her teen popstar career, eighteen-year-old Sunny Lee spends her days longing for her former life and cyberstalking her ex-BFF and groupmate, Candie. The two were once inseparable, but that was then—before the tragedy and heartache they left in their wake. In the here and now, Sunny is surprised to discover that Candie is attending a new K-pop workshop in her hometown. Candie might be there chasing stardom, but Sunny can’t resist the chance to join her and finally confront their traumatic history. Because she still can’t figure out what happened that horrible night when Mina, the third in their tight-knit trio, jumped to her death. Or if the dark and otherworldly secrets she and Candie were keeping had something to do with it…
But the workshop doesn’t bring the answers Sunny had hoped for, nor a happy reunion with Candie. Instead, Sunny finds herself haunted by ghostly visions while strange injuries start happening to her competitors—followed by even stranger mutilations to their bodies. In her race to survive, Sunny will have to expose just who is behind the carnage—and if Candie is out for blood once more.
ON SALE NOVEMBER 7, 2023
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“SWEETMEATS” — featured in Foreshadow anthology
★ “Dazzling short stories by new YA voices along with enlightening essays about the writing process by established authors make Foreshadow a treasure for aspiring writers.” —Shelf Awareness, starred review
★ “The ingenuity in the writing is reinforced by Pan and Suma’s accompanying essays . . . Each story shines. An enduring anthology, appropriate for classroom use and recommended for all teen readers.” —SLJ, starred review
★ “Give this to a reader who wants to dig deeply into the craft of storytelling.” —BookPage, starred review
“Ranging from deliciously creepy to glowingly hopeful, this collection offers a master class in short stories.” —Kirkus
“Such a delicious tale—‘Sweetmeats’ is Grimm’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ flavored with Guillermo Del Toro and a dash of Miyazaki, all wrapped up in a modern-day setting and served with a distinct and compelling voice. I absolutely devoured it.”
— Heidi Heilig, acclaimed author of The Girl from Everywhere