OLDER FICTION
van Arsdale, Peternelle

The Beast Is an Animal

(2) YA The soul eaters kill Alys's parents and every adult in Gwenith. In her new village, suspicion falls on Alys--she had been awake during the attack. When Alys meets the Beast, the evil creature in the village elders' holy book, it confirms her connection to the soul eaters. Rock-solid setting and a Salem witch trial–like culture ground readers in this psychologically intense fantasy.

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