The Other Side of Dark
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4.6 • 39 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
EDGAR AWARD WINNER
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Other Side of Dark from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.
Stacy wakes up in a hospital room, in a body she doesn’t recognize. Her mother is dead—murdered—and Stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound. She is the sole eyewitness to the crime, but she has only a shadowy memory of the killer’s face. Will Stacy be able to regain a clear memory of that fateful day before the killer reaches her?
The Other Side of Dark is one of Joan Lowery Nixon’s most intriguing, suspenseful, and dramatic mysteries.
“The compelling premise…and Nixon’s mastery of suspense are gripping.” –Publishers Weekly
“Tense and dramatic…[The Other Side of Dark has a] quick pace, and the determined protagonist should attract and hold readers.” –School Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stacy, 17, awakens from the coma she's been in for four years, following a gunshot wound, and finds her world is drastically altered. The shooting incident that injured her also killed her mother. Her older sister is married and pregnant. Hairstyles, clothing and friends have changed. Stacy, if her memory returns, can put the man who shot her and murdered her mother behind bars. Soon every face she sees looks both familiar and strange, and the attention of a boy named Jeff is welcomed and feared. Because of press reports, the murderer knows that Stacy can find him. She's afraid she's being watched. And when her memory and the truth about the killer come back to her, Stacy faces the darker side of herself. The compelling premise of Stacy's lost years and Nixon's mastery of suspense are gripping. But readers want to know more about Stacy's adjustment; there is no real period of mourning for her mother, and the ending leaves unresolved issues. (12-up)
Customer Reviews
A scary, enjoyable mystery
I own this as a print book, one of only four that I own by Joan Lowery Nixon, but I agree with everyone here! It’s a good book! Suspenseful and scary from the first chapter to the last! For fans of the book, it was made into a TV movie in the 90s, a movie called Awake to Danger. If you like the book, you’ll probably love the movie! You can find it on YouTube.
My Favorite Book!
Haven’t read a good book like this in a long time! Absolutely left you wanting more! That was the only problem with the book, I wish it would continue. Cliff hangers in every chapter that would make you want to read the rest of the book right then and there.
Great
This book kept me interested and I couldn't get my eyes of the page. Chapter after chapter.