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Shadow grave / Marina Cohen.

Cohen, Marina. (Author).

Summary:

Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow ... During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family's car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town. There's something off about Livermore ... When he stumbles upon a dark secret that the town's inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250783003
  • ISBN: 9781250783004
  • Physical Description: 276 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 22.99
Subject: Fear > Juvenile fiction.
Cities and towns > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Escapes > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Horror fiction.

  • Baker & Taylor
    After a road trip strands Arlo and his family in a small town where there are no cars or phones, a fearful Arlo stumbles upon a dark secret that the town’s inhabitants will kill to keep. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Twelve-year-old Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow, but most of all, he's afraid of losing his mother to the disease that nearly claimed her life a year ago. During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strangebeast in the middle of the road destroys the family's car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town called Livermore. But there's something off about this place. No one has a phone or a car, and the town's people aren't exactly friendly. Without phone service to make a call for help, Arlo and his family stay at the Samuels mansion, but inexplicable sightings at night set Arlo on edge. When he stumbles upon a dark secret the town's inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death.
  • McMillan Palgrave
    Tuck Everlasting meets The Village in this delightfully eerie middle grade novel about a boy trapped in a strange town where secrets turn deadly and the unnatural lurks in the night.
  • McMillan Palgrave

    Tuck Everlasting meets The Village in Shadow Grave, a delightfully eerie middle grade novel by Marina Cohen about a boy trapped in a strange town where secrets turn deadly and the unnatural lurks in the night.

    Twelve-year-old Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow—but most of all, he’s afraid of losing his mother to the disease that nearly claimed her life a year ago.

    During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family’s car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town.

    There’s something off about Livermore. No one has a phone or a car, and the townspeople aren’t exactly friendly. Without phone service to make a call for help, the family stays at the Samuels’ mansion, but inexplicable sightings at night set Arlo on edge. When he stumbles upon a dark secret that the town’s inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death.


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