The Price Guide to the Occult

From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest.

When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island's original eight settlers to burn "the witch" out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred-some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch's backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she'll be smack in the eye of it. In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide's malevolent author -- Nor's own mother -- looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/13/2018
ISBN: 9780763691103
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/08/2018
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2018
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 75
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 124
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 143
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average