Ninth House -- Leigh Bardugo - Hardcover

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST

The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite

Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's the catch, and why her?

Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.

Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781250313072

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513899 / Ninth House


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019 pg. 4
Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 70
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 46
Publishers Weekly 08/12/2019
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 5
Shelf Awareness 10/18/2019

About the Author
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles.