Gaslit
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- $139.00
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- $139.00
Descripción editorial
An incredible and unputdownable YA thriller, with incredible twists and turns that will have you guessing until the very last page, from the author of Silent Sister – perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
“A masterclass in suspenseful storytelling” – Karen M. McManus
"Simering with tension, terrifically paced and plotted" – Kathleen Glasgow
When a night of babysitting turns fatal, a girl burdened with survivor's guilt becomes increasingly convinced that someone is responsible for the gas leak that killed her family member – and that she was the intended target all along.
Ella wishes that she could do something more fun on New Year’s Eve than babysit, but lately her life has taken a scary turn with a diagnosis that she is trying her best to ignore. So after she barely recovers from another paralyzing migraine, Ella arrives late to her aunt’s house for babysitting.
But when nobody answers the door, she knows something isn’t right. Breaking in, she finds her cousins unconscious on the floor. And Aunt Julie is dead. Ella is barely able to rescue them from the house before she collapses into the snow.
When investigators discover that the cause of death was from a gas leak, a small voice in the back of her head keeps reminding Ella that it could have been her – not Aunt Julie – inside that house. Ella is determined to find out what really happened to her aunt, but her family is so sure it was an accident. After all, Ella’s paranoia must just be a side effect of her diagnosis – a diagnosis that makes everyone tiptoe around her.
As deadly lies begin to seep through the cracks of the investigation, Ella gets the feeling that the gas leak might not have been an accident – and that someone might be out to kill her next.
With incredible twists, an unputdownable story, and a fantastic concept, Gaslit is an extraordinary YA thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Reviews
“A masterclass in suspenseful storytelling” – Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
"Simering with tension, terrifically paced and plotted, Gaslit is the perfect book to read tucked beneath a blanket on a stormy night. Megan Davidhizar has written a crafty novel full of manipulation, lies, secrets, and familial betrayal. Readers will find themselves holding their breath until the very end of Ella's story." – Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces
About the author
Megan Davidhizar grew up moving around the American Midwest. She now spends her mornings wishing she liked coffee, her days learning from the students in her English classroom, and her evenings reading stories to her three children while her husband tries to convince them the movies are better.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gripping first-person narration from Davidhizar (Silent Sister) keeps readers on their toes across this enticing murder mystery. High schooler Ella Forrester is nursing a migraine—brought about by a recently diagnosed brain tumor—when she arrives at her aunt Julie's house for a babysitting gig. Upon realizing that the house is filled with natural gas, and that Julie and her two sons are unconscious, Ella calls 911 and attempts to rescue the family; she's able to save the boys before passing out from the fumes herself. Following her discharge from the hospital, Ella returns to the house and encounters Julie's neighbor Dominic. Together, they search the home and discover that a gas pipe was intentionally unhooked, turning the family tragedy into a murder investigation. As Ella's list of possible perpetrators grows, so too do her romantic feelings for Dominic. But when her number one suspect is seemingly proven innocent and her migraines—and the occasional hallucinatory episodes that attend them—become more frequent, she worries about whether she has what it takes to reveal the truth. Standard red herrings and twists demonstrate the author's genre savvy, making this an ideal pick-up for fans of fast-paced, suspenseful mystery fare. Main characters read as white. Ages 12–up.