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Haven, Kansas

(2016)
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Never reap a harvest sown with blood.
150 years ago,in Haven, Kansas, a witch was burned at the stake. This October, inHaven, Kansas, a boy plays a prank on his big sister. Suddenly, crowsfill the skies, a female scarecrow plagues the town, and teenagers aredying left and right. Amidst the violence, strange things keephappening. Lora Townsend discovers a secret room behind the wall of herbedroom, in which a dark and foul Book of Shadows has been hiding forover a century. The book belonged to an ancestor who documented thespells and stories of the strange woman he loved...a woman the townlater killed for practicing witchcraft.

There are whispers on the wind. The death toll is rising. And Lora and her family seem to be thecenter of it all. They must call upon Lora's small knowledge of magic to help them. Will they be able to take the town back from the witch, andcan they manage it without losing their lives in the process?

Lois Duncan meets Joss Whedon in this literary slasher for the twenty-first century!

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"HAVEN, KANSAS is so terrifying, compelling and way too much dark fun! AletheaKontis takes Young Adult horror to new heights. Highly recommended!"-Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin

"Filled with a generous mix of fantasy, intrigue, and grab-you-by-the-throathorror, Alethea Kontis's HAVEN is a powerhouse novel every fan of fineYA literature should have on the shelf." --Bram Stoker Award winner Tom Piccirilli

"Kontis writes with poise and passion, deliveringchills and thrills with every page. A must read." --New York Timesbestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon

"HAVEN is a page-turner andits characters are drawn well--they're believable, both in their actions and in their dialogue (the 'dialogue' of young teens isn't as easilycaptured as some writers with less talent believe). It's an excitingtale of witchery and revenge, told with style and intelligence, that is, most importantly, a heck of a lot of fun. I simply enjoyed it fromstart to finish." --T. M. Wright, author of A Manhattan Ghost Story

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Alethea Kontis is a princess, fairy godmother and geek. She has dabbled inpicture books, poetry, essays, online video rants, and making horrormovies. Princess Alethea lives on the Space Coast of Florida with herteddy bear, Charlie.


Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

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