What Stalks Among Us -- Sarah Hollowell, Hardcover

From Sarah Hollowell, author of A Dark and Starless Forest, comes a spine-tingling, deliriously creepy YA speculative thriller about two best friends trapped in a corn maze with corpses that look just like them.

Best friends and high school seniors Sadie and Logan make their first mistake when they ditch their end-of-year field trip to the amusement park in favor of exploring some old, forgotten backroads. The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn maze.

But with a whole day of playing hooking unspooling before them, they make their second mistake. Or perhaps their third? Maybe even their fourth. Because Sadie and Logan have definitely entered this maze before. And again before that.

When they stumble on the corpses in the maze, identical to them in every way (if you can ignore the stab and gunshot wounds)--from their clothes to their hidden scars to their dyed hair, to that one missing tooth--they quickly realize they've not only entered this maze before, they've died in it too. A lot. And no matter what they try, they can't figure out what--or who--is hunting them.

Deeply unnerving, clever, and atmospheric, this time-bending, mind-bending speculative horror is a poignant meditation on the lasting effects of trauma and the healing powers of connection and forgiveness--all while delivering more surprise twists and turns than a haunted corn maze.

Author: Sarah Hollowell
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780063251816
Age Range: 13-UP

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2023
School Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 93
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 70