Beyond - Softcover

Mcnamee, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144491278X ISBN 13: 9781444912784

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

Jane is not your typical teen. She and her best friend Lexi call themselves the Creep Sisters. Only Lexi knows why Jane is different from anyone else: Her own shadow seems to pull her into near-fatal accidents. Jane is determined to find out why these terrifying things happen, and to overcome her shadow enemy. Her sleuthing with Lexi connects her own horrors to the secret history of a serial killer.

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About the Author

GRAHAM McNAMEE is the award-winning author of five novels, including Sparks, which won the first PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship; Bonechiller; and Acceleration, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery.

Review

Loads of action, atmosphere and danger. With 'Beyond' McNamee has proved yet again that he's at the top of the heap when it comes to page-turning thrillers. [Beyond] Kirkus McNamee delivers another taut, spine-tingling page turner. [Beyond] Kirkus A while since I've read something as creepy as this. An eerie, scary thriller... different, fast paced, exciting and really well-written. Highly recommended. [Bonechiller] Chicklish McNamee's follow-up to Acceleration is another page-turning thriller, this time with an eerie supernatural edge that will appeal to fans of psychological horror.[Bonechiller] Booklist I found myself missing things in real life just so I could get through this book. I loved it! [Bonechiller] Electrifyingreviews.com A genuinely scary horror story... well-developed characters, convincing relationships... a fine thriller that offers more than simple serial gore and pointless frights.[Bonechiller] Quill & Quire Exciting, damn scary and all too real. A terrific tale with great young characters battling a fantastic cunning monster. Great stuff. [Bonechiller] Hack writers A gripping read, enhanced by a precise sense of place. An exciting, engaging and occasionally frightening book for older teenagers. * * * * [Bonechiller] Books for Keeps McNamee deftly conveys his characters' dread and their determination to escape. I would swear that the air around me got cooler and the breeze stronger as I read deeper into the book. [Bonechiller] theyayayas.wordpress A very effective style - vivid, terse, atmospheric - and makes for a real page-turner of a story. Bookbag A thriller in the best sense of the word. Cork Evening Echo Chilling and exciting... one of the best ghost stories I've ever read. Scottish Daily Record The pace is relentless, and the fear and suspense are cleverly built. School Librarian A clever book written with an intelligence which defies simple 'horror' for its own sake and makes for a satisfying page-turner. School Librarian

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 144491278X
• ISBN 13: 9781444912784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268