EDGAR AWARD WINNER For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Other Side of Dark from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Stacy wakes up in a hospital room, in a body she doesn’t recognize. Her mother is dead—murdered—and Stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound. She is the sole eyewitness to the crime, but she has … eyewitness to the crime, but she has only a shadowy memory of the killer’s face. Will Stacy be able to regain a clear memory of that fateful day before the killer reaches her?
The Other Side of Dark is one of Joan Lowery Nixon’s most intriguing, suspenseful, and dramatic mysteries.
“The compelling premise…and Nixon’s mastery of suspense are gripping.” –Publishers Weekly
“Tense and dramatic…[The Other Side of Dark has a] quick pace, and the determined protagonist should attract and hold readers.” –School Library Journal
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I read this book when I was a tween, and it was one that has stuck with me for 25 years. It is amazingly written, the characters I got lost in and rooted for, and it left me in suspense. It may be geared to the young adult audience, but you would not be disappointed in this book at any age. The main character got shot at 13 and has been in a coma …
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Joan Lowery Nixon creates still another nail-biter with this suspenseful tale of Stacy, who awakens from a years-long coma, only to remember that she was the sole eyewitness to her mother’s murder. Now she must recall the face of her mother’s killer to keep herself from becoming the his—or her’s—next victim! Don’t miss this frightful 185-page …