Dead Flip
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In this “terrifyingly fun” (NYT) horror comedy, two friends must solve the mystery of their long-missing former friend’s supernatural reappearance—perfect for fans of Stranger Things.
Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for pop culture, Halloween, and arcade games. Now it’s 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren’t speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead, and Maz has good reason to believe he was kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine?
These days, all Maz wants to do is party and run away from his past. Meanwhile, Cori hides her abiding love of horror movies and her queer self under the bubblegum veneer of a high school queen bee. But then Sam returns—still twelve years old, while his best friends are now seventeen. What really happened the night he disappeared? And just because he's back, does that mean he's safe? To find answers, Cori, Maz, and Sam will need to reveal secrets they never told one another, then and now. And Sam’s is the darkest of all . . .
Award-winning author Sara Farizan delivers edge-of-your-seat terror, with her insightful characters, witty narration, and trademark referential humor.
* "Well-crafted homage to narratives like It and Stranger Things . . . A great choice for stalwart horror fans and newcomers to the genre." —Booklist, starred review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Farizan recalls Jumanji's eerie atmosphere in this nostalgic, supernatural thriller, set in the late 1980s and early '90s. Maz, Cori, and Sam, all 12, used to do everything together, until Sam disappeared on Halloween night in 1987. Now it's 1993, and Maz and Cori haven't spoken since Sam's funeral, where the two had a falling-out; Cori believes Sam is dead, but Maz is convinced he was sucked into their beloved pinball machine. A serendipitous run-in at the mall puts Cori and Maz back on each other's radar. Closeted lesbian Cori is now a homecoming queen nominee, while track team captain Maz struggles with an alcohol dependency. Maz is elated when he visits the neighborhood the trio grew up in and finds Sam, still 12, standing in front of his old house, but Cori is suspicious of Sam's sudden reappearance. Maz and Cori attempt to hide him from prying eyes, but when people and animals turn up petrified throughout the community, the duo realizes that his still-12-year-old body is the least of their concerns. In this nostalgic, fast-paced adventure told through three alternating perspectives, Farizan (Here to Stay) skillfully blends lighthearted comedy with grotesque horror. Maz is Iranian; Cori and Sam cue as white. Ages 12–up.
