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Griffin, Sarah Maria

Other Words for Smoke

335 pp. | Greenwillow | March, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-240891-4 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-240893-8
(2) YA When fourteen-year-old Mae and her twin brother are sent to their great-aunt Rita's for the summer, they encounter a supernatural danger: Rita's teenage ward Bevan is in thrall to a mysterious owl-like creature that demands she provide it with "pieces" of the twins. Spanning two summers over three years, Griffin's alternating-perspectives narrative makes use of horror tropes, combining distasteful aspects of the human condition with unsettling hungers, mystical protective rituals, and unseen threats.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2019

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