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La Sala, Ryan

The Dead of Summer

400 pp. | Scholastic/Push | September, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9781546125877 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 9781546125891 $19.99
(3) YA A mysterious illness with strange effects strikes a vacation-destination island whose close-knit resident population is predominantly queer. A researcher’s transcripts are interspersed among sympathetic teen narrator Ollie’s chapters. Twists, turns, alternating timelines, and insights into backstory keep readers on their toes in a page-turning horror novel that also offers sensitive observations on who’s most vulnerable to crises.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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