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A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her former best friendin exchange for hiding him from his cult-leading family.
All hail the new queen of YA horrormance! Arndts unputdownable debut crackles with wit and seethes with terrors just beneath the surface. Equal parts tender and grisly, Together We Rot will sink its roots into Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic
Wil Greenes mom has been missing for over a year, and the police are ready to call the case closedthey claim she skipped town and you cant find a woman who wants to disappear. But she knows her mom wouldnt just leaveand she knows the family of her former best friend, Elwood Clarke, has something to do with it.
Elwood has been counting down the days until his 18th birthdayin dread. It marks leaving school and joining his pastor father in dedicating his life to their congregation, the Garden of Adam. But when he comes home one night after a final goodbye with his friends, already self-flagellating for the sins of drinking and disobeying his father, he discovers his path is not as virtuous as he thought. Hes not his fathers successor, but his sacrifice. For the woods hes grown up with are thirsty, and must be paid in blood.
Now on the run from a family that wants him dead, he turns to the only one who will believe him: Wil. Together, they form a reluctant partnership; shell help him hide if he helps her find evidence that his family killed her mother. But in the end they dig up more secrets than they bargained for, unraveling decades of dark cult dealings in their town, led by the Clarke family.
And theres a reason they need Elwoods blood for their satanic rituals. Something inhuman is growing inside of him. Everywhere he goes, the plants come alive and the forest calls to him, and Wil isnt sure if she can save the boy she cant help but love.
Author: Skyla Arndt
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/29/2023
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.89w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780593526279
Language: English
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