To a darker shore / Leanne Schwartz.
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TextPublication details: Salem, MA : Page Street YA, 2024Description: 392 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781645678403Subject(s): Autistic people -- Juvenile fiction | Best friends -- Juvenile fiction | Human sacrifice -- Juvenile fiction | Monsters -- Juvenile fiction | Demonology -- Juvenile fiction | Sexual minorities -- Juvenile fiction | Adventure stories | Autistic people -- Fiction | Best friends -- Fiction | Human sacrifice -- Fiction | Monsters -- Fiction | Demonology -- Fiction | LGBTQ+ people -- Fiction | Fantasy | Adventure and adventurers -- FictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Action and adventure fiction. | Queer fiction. DDC classification: [Fic] LOC classification: PZ7.1.S336582 | To 2024Summary: To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061549 |
"Light gore and body horror. Some bullying/sizeist body talk, and conflict with a parent over masking autism (internalized but ultimately rejected by the main characters). Societal/parental homophobia (with happy outcomes). Claustrophobic panic attacks. Implied suicidal ideation. Illness, loss, grief"--Manuscript content warnings.
School Library Journal starred, May 2024
Booklist starred, March 2024
Publishers Weekly, February 2024
Kirkus Review, February 2024
To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever.
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