{"product_id":"dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-9781665914604","title":"Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear","description":"\u003cb\u003eA painfully average teen's life is upended by a magical apocalypse in this darkly atmospheric and sweepingly romantic novel perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Raven Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Us Just Live Here\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigh school is hard enough to survive without an apocalypse to navigate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with is hair-ruining humidity, painful awkwardness, being one of four Asians in town, and her friends dumping her when they start dating each other--just days after one of the most humiliating romantic rejections faced by anyone, ever, in all of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen someone kills one of the Guardians who protect the seal. The earth rips open and unleashes the magic trapped inside. Monsters crawl from the ground, no one can enter or leave, and the man behind it all is roaming the streets with a gang of violent vigilantes. Suddenly, Sid's life becomes a lot less ordinary. When she finds out her missing brother is involved, she joins the remaining Guardians, desperate to find him and close the fault line for good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFighting through hordes of living corpses and uncontrollable growths of forest, Sid and a ragtag crew of would-be heroes are the only thing standing between their town and the end of the world as they know it. Between magic, murderers, and burgeoning crushes, Sid must survive being a perfectly normal girl caught in a perfectly abnormal apocalypse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly--how can someone so ordinary make it in such an extraordinary world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665914604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robin Wasley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43418418249909,"sku":"9781665914604","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1cf8f04f-4da4-42b1-9cef-000e6f5f6ae3.jpg?v=1703005364","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-9781665914604","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}