Trespass Against Us
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Perfect for fans of Ace of Spades and The Taking of Jake Livingston, this young adult horror debut follows a group of teens as they visit an abandoned reform school—and then return two years later to confront the supernatural evil they awoke there.
Two years ago, four friends went into the abandoned religious reform school Dominic House.
Only three came out.
Riley still bears horrific scars from that night. He doesn’t speak to his friends anymore. And he’s haunted by the truth: Riley’s boyfriend, Ethan, didn’t disappear...Something in that house took him.
Now, alongside TV’s most famous ghost hunter, Jordan Jones, Riley is returning, determined to find out what happened to Ethan.
But as the night wears on, Riley realizes he isn’t just revisiting the most terrifying night of his life—he’s reliving it. And this time, whatever lives in Dominic House will make sure they all stay.
With an eerily elegant voice, dual timelines that slowly unravel a chilling ghost story, themes of religious trauma, and secrets in every corner, Trespass Against Us is the kind of horror story that will keep you up long into the night.
?Perfect for Halloween readingIdeal for fans of the supernaturalFor teens who love dark and scary stories
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Three teens return to a haunted building following the traumatic events that occurred there in this harrowing debut. Two years ago, 16-year-old aspiring ghost hunters Riley Fox, his boyfriend Ethan Hale, and friends Vee Cho and Colton Pierce broke into Saint Dominic Savio's School for Troubled Youth, the site of an unsolved disappearance of a priest and five boys in the 1980s. Ethan vanished without a trace, and Riley bears deep facial scars from injuries he received during his own perilous escape. When ghost hunting television superstar Jordan Jones arrives and offers Riley $25,000 to gather his friends, return to the school, and record their excursion, he reluctantly agrees. Once inside the crumbling structure, Riley is certain he sees Ethan, and when filming equipment malfunctions, Colton goes missing, the car is destroyed, and their cellphones stop working, the teens, skeptic Jordan, and her crew panic. Kemp employs a dual timeline, alternating between flashbacks that slowly reveal what happened during Riley's first visit and building hair-raising tension in the present-day via the group's gratifyingly grim uncovering of the school's history. Fans of supernatural horror driven by self-assured protagonists will enjoy this creepy tale. Most characters read as white; Jordan is described as having dark skin. Ages 13–up.
