This atmospheric young adult novel will leave you breathless with palpable drama and a haunting mystery.
"[A] poetic young-adult debut."-The Los Angeles Times
"Eerie and gripping and told with lush and inviting scenes, Imaginary Girls will haunt its readers."-Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for. After a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers a dead body floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away-away from home, away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns home at last, she finds a shocking surprise. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, she finds herself walking a precarious and deadly tightrope between what's real and what lurks beneath the surface.
Autorentext
Nova Ren Suma studied writing and photography at Antioch College in Ohio and went on to receive an MFA in creative writing/fiction from Columbia University. She lives in New York City.
Klappentext
Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.
But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.
With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.