The Upstairs Room

A summer of nannying takes a terrifying turn when Blair discovers a legacy of mysterious deaths connected to her employer's sprawling summer estate...but the secrets Blair is harboring may be just as deadly. A pulse-pounding new YA horror thriller from acclaimed author Dana Mele.

The last place Blair Carver wants to spend the summer is on the remote Pearl Island. Nannying for the reclusive Hathorne family off the coast of Maine is hardly an escape from a complicated junior year and home life—especially with all the rules that must be followed.

Stepping onto the island is like traveling back in time. Raven’s Nook, the Hathornes’ estate, sprawls around a century’s-old lighthouse. A cemetery on the property conceals family secrets, a creepy collection of dolls won’t stay put, and a forbidden upstairs room seems to hold the key to what the family is hiding.

The Hathorne children are cold and stand-offish, and when they start hazing Blair with a series of escalating—dangerous—pranks, the town’s whispers about the Hathorne curse grow louder. Postcard-perfect Pearl Island conceals a sinister history. Blair has dark secrets too, family secrets that have been passed down for generations, and if Blair’s not careful, this summer will be their last…