The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz

Marina

326 pp. | Little | July, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-05571-4 $19.00 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-32017-7

(2) YA Translated by Lucia Graves. In late-1970s Barcelona, fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai stumbles upon a house belonging to Germán, an aging artist with a tragic past, and his frail daughter, Marina. After witnessing a ghostly graveyard ritual, Oscar and Marina find themselves entangled in a series of mysteries. Zafón weaves a twisted tapestry of gothic horror, quickly paced, with intricate layers of carefully crafted stories within stories.

Reviewer: Shara Hardeson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2014