"Readers will have trouble putting this one down even for a minute." --School Library Journal, starred review

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"Peppered with black-and-white photographs, this emotionally raw story explores loss, grief, queerness, and family expectations."--Booklist

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"Metoui masterfully handles perspective."—BCCB

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"A ghostly mystery and an impactful exploration of grief and loss." —Publisher's Weekly

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"Introspective, character-driven, and—most importantly—haunting."—Kirkus Reviews

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"Readers will have trouble putting this one down even for a minute." --School Library Journal, starred review 〰️ "Peppered with black-and-white photographs, this emotionally raw story explores loss, grief, queerness, and family expectations."--Booklist 〰️ "Metoui masterfully handles perspective."—BCCB 〰️ "A ghostly mystery and an impactful exploration of grief and loss." —Publisher's Weekly 〰️ "Introspective, character-driven, and—most importantly—haunting."—Kirkus Reviews 〰️

A GUIDE TO THE DARK
By Meriam Metoui

A School Library Journal best book of the year!

Something is building, simmering just out of reach.

The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCour in this spine-chilling tender horror YA about the ghosts we carry with us.

The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can't shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she's haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he's still there.

Layla doesn't see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can’t wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she’s too preoccupied with confusing feelings for Mira to see much else. But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to find the connection before Mira becomes the ninth.

Readers won't be able to put down this edge-of-your-seat thriller that includes over thirty interior black and white photos by the author.

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