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Nowhere Burning

Catriona Ward · Literary Fiction · 304 pages

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dark academiacoming of agehigh stakes survival
dark academiacoming of age

#5 This Month · #4 All Time

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Nowhere Burning is a harrowing tale of survival that places the dark fairy tale of Peter Pan and the ruthless dangers of Lord of the Flies into the unforgiving maw of the Colorado Rockies. "Gripping and beautiful, haunting and virtuously crafted...you won’t be able to stop reading."—Virginia Feito, author of Victorian Psycho Secrets in the flames. Answers in the ashes. Riley and her brother Oliver set off in the pitch-black night, fleeing their troubled home. They are heading for Nowhere—an abandoned ranch, once the playground of its former eccentric movie-star owner, now a haven for runaways. What awaits could be the freedom they crave. But this mysterious clan guards dark secrets, and the scorched grounds hold the ghosts of the past. Riley quickly realizes that while she and Oliver may have escaped the devil they knew, something darker lurks in the burnt shell of Nowhere. Something which asks a terrible price for sanctuary... Also by Catriona Ward: Looking Glass Sound Sundial Little

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