Clever Creatures of the Night
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When Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, Case dives into the bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous—behavior of Drea’s roommates in this gripping literary horror novel for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic.
WHERE IS DREA?
When Case shows up at the isolated West Texas house where her best friend, Drea, lives with friends from school, Drea is nowhere to be found. Why would she ask Case to visit and then disappear? With twenty-four hours until her ride home, Case intends to find out.
But Drea’s roommates can’t—or won’t—answer any questions. They leave Case to search alone, to find bits and pieces of Drea's life hidden in and around the house, while they continue playing out a rural utopian fantasy. Their bizarre behavior puts Case on edge, and she’s not the only one. The animals nearby are lashing out, strangely aggressive.
Something bad happened in this house. Something that must be connected to Drea’s disappearance—and if she gets too close to the truth, Case might just be next.
Order on Amazon, Bookshop, or through Barnes and Noble
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When Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, Case dives into the bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous—behavior of Drea’s roommates in this gripping literary horror novel for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic.
WHERE IS DREA?
When Case shows up at the isolated West Texas house where her best friend, Drea, lives with friends from school, Drea is nowhere to be found. Why would she ask Case to visit and then disappear? With twenty-four hours until her ride home, Case intends to find out.
But Drea’s roommates can’t—or won’t—answer any questions. They leave Case to search alone, to find bits and pieces of Drea's life hidden in and around the house, while they continue playing out a rural utopian fantasy. Their bizarre behavior puts Case on edge, and she’s not the only one. The animals nearby are lashing out, strangely aggressive.
Something bad happened in this house. Something that must be connected to Drea’s disappearance—and if she gets too close to the truth, Case might just be next.
Tigers, Not Daughters
six starred trade reviews; #3 on the spring 2020 kids' Indie Next List; read the first chapter on Bustle
"A moody and unflinching examination of the gritty, tender and impossible parts of a people, that make them unforgettably whole. You don't read Samantha Mabry's books so much as experience them. Ferocious and gorgeously crafted. I loved it." - Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie.
The Torres sisters dreams of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father and from their old San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and the old traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the eldest, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa are still consumed by grief and haunted by Ana's memory when strange things start happening around the house: mysterious laughter, mysterious shadows, mysterious writing on the walls. Is Ana really haunting her sisters, trying to send them a message? And what exactly is she trying to say?
In a stunning follow-up to her National Book Award-longlisted All the Wind in the World, Samantha Mabry weaves a magical, romantic novel about ferocious sisterhood.
"Move over, Louisa May Alcott! Samantha Mabry has written her very own magical Little Women for our times. This is no family of tamed girls but a clan of fierce and fighting young women who draw readers into their spell. A celebration of the bonds of sisterhood and of the ways we heal by reaching beyond our losses, our brokenness and fears to the love that holds and heals," - Julia Alvarez, author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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All the Wind in the World
selected for the National Book Award longlist; a 2017 BookExpo YA Editors' Buzz Book; a fall 2017 Indie Next Pick; four starred trade reviews; read an excerpt from the first chapter on Bustle
Sarah Jacqueline Crow and James Holt work in the vast maguey fields that span the bone-dry Southwest, a thirsty, infinite land that is both seductive and fearsome. In this rough, transient landscape, Sarah Jac and James have fallen in love. They’re tough and brave, and they have big dreams. Soon they will save up enough money to go east. But until then, they keep their heads down, their muscles tensed, and above all, their love secret.
When a horrible accident forces Sarah Jac and James to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch called the Real Marvelous, the delicate balance they’ve found begins to give way. And James and Sarah Jac will have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.
Perfect for fans of the Raven Cycle, Wink Poppy Midnight, and Bone Gap, Samantha Mabry’s luscious prose weaves a breathtaking tale of dread and danger, romance, and redemption.
"Mabry's lyrical writing sizzles with the same heat as the relentless desert sun. The setting of All the Wind in the World is refreshingly unique, but the main character's feelings of love and longing are universal. Remarkable." - April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Wink Poppy Midnight
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selected for the National Book Award longlist; a 2017 BookExpo YA Editors' Buzz Book; a fall 2017 Indie Next Pick; four starred trade reviews; read an excerpt from the first chapter on Bustle
Sarah Jacqueline Crow and James Holt work in the vast maguey fields that span the bone-dry Southwest, a thirsty, infinite land that is both seductive and fearsome. In this rough, transient landscape, Sarah Jac and James have fallen in love. They’re tough and brave, and they have big dreams. Soon they will save up enough money to go east. But until then, they keep their heads down, their muscles tensed, and above all, their love secret.
When a horrible accident forces Sarah Jac and James to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch called the Real Marvelous, the delicate balance they’ve found begins to give way. And James and Sarah Jac will have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.
Perfect for fans of the Raven Cycle, Wink Poppy Midnight, and Bone Gap, Samantha Mabry’s luscious prose weaves a breathtaking tale of dread and danger, romance, and redemption.
"Mabry's lyrical writing sizzles with the same heat as the relentless desert sun. The setting of All the Wind in the World is refreshingly unique, but the main character's feelings of love and longing are universal. Remarkable." - April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Wink Poppy Midnight
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A Fierce and Subtle Poison
A Spring 2016 Indie Next List Pick and one of BN.com's Top 15 Debuts of the Year - Reviewed on NPR.org - Named one of the Best YA Books of 2016 by Paste Magazine.
Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl –Isabel. The one the señoras whisper about. They say she has green skin and grass for hair, and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family’s lush Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill.
Seventeen-year-old Lucas lives on the mainland most of the year but spends summers with his hotel-developer dad in Puerto Rico. He’s grown up hearing stories about the cursed girl, and he wants to believe in Isabel and her magic. When letters from Isabel begin mysteriously showing up in his room the same day his new girlfriend disappears, Lucas turns to Isabel for answers –and finds himself lured into her strange and enchanted world. But time is running out for the girl filled with poison, and the more entangled Lucas becomes with Isabel, the less certain he is of escaping with his own life.
Inspired by the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story, “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON beautifully blends magical realism with a page-turning mystery and a dark, star-crossed romance –all delivered in lush, dreamy prose.
“A breathtaking story in which myths come to frightening life and buried wishes might actually come true. This is a hypnotic debut by a remarkable talent.” - Nova Ren Suma, author of The Walls Around Us and Imaginary Girls
“A damaged boy, desperate to be a hero. A poisonous girl, determined to save herself. Samantha Mabry’s magical debut is both a chilling mystery and a heartbreaking meditation of love, longing and sacrifice so real you can almost taste the salt of the sea, hear the hushed voices of the senoras of Old San Juan. Full of fascinating and surprising characters, and existing in a dreamlike space between truth and fiction, A Fierce and Subtle Poison will get into your blood.” - Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
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A Spring 2016 Indie Next List Pick and one of BN.com's Top 15 Debuts of the Year - Reviewed on NPR.org - Named one of the Best YA Books of 2016 by Paste Magazine.
Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl –Isabel. The one the señoras whisper about. They say she has green skin and grass for hair, and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family’s lush Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill.
Seventeen-year-old Lucas lives on the mainland most of the year but spends summers with his hotel-developer dad in Puerto Rico. He’s grown up hearing stories about the cursed girl, and he wants to believe in Isabel and her magic. When letters from Isabel begin mysteriously showing up in his room the same day his new girlfriend disappears, Lucas turns to Isabel for answers –and finds himself lured into her strange and enchanted world. But time is running out for the girl filled with poison, and the more entangled Lucas becomes with Isabel, the less certain he is of escaping with his own life.
Inspired by the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story, “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON beautifully blends magical realism with a page-turning mystery and a dark, star-crossed romance –all delivered in lush, dreamy prose.
“A breathtaking story in which myths come to frightening life and buried wishes might actually come true. This is a hypnotic debut by a remarkable talent.” - Nova Ren Suma, author of The Walls Around Us and Imaginary Girls
“A damaged boy, desperate to be a hero. A poisonous girl, determined to save herself. Samantha Mabry’s magical debut is both a chilling mystery and a heartbreaking meditation of love, longing and sacrifice so real you can almost taste the salt of the sea, hear the hushed voices of the senoras of Old San Juan. Full of fascinating and surprising characters, and existing in a dreamlike space between truth and fiction, A Fierce and Subtle Poison will get into your blood.” - Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
add to goodreads
order on amazon or from powell’s, indiebound, or barnes and noble