Better the devil /
Brown, Erik J.
Better the devil / Erik J. Brown. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026] - 392 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal, January 2026 Publishers Weekly, October 2025 Kirkus Starred, November 2025 Booklist, December 2025
"When a runaway teen is arrested for shoplifting, he's desperate not to be sent back to the hyper-religious parents he knows will never accept him. While at the police station, he notices a resemblance to the aged-up photos of Nate Beaumont, a child who went missing ten years ago--and, in a moment of desperation, he takes Nate's identity. Before he can run again, Nate's family arrives and welcomes him home to a life he never had, [where they] are nuturing and loving, very different from his own parents. But [when] unsettling things start to happen . . . it becomes clear that someone knows 'Nate' isn't who he says he is . . . and that the real Nate wasn't kidnapped, but murdered"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett Content Solutions.
9780063338326
2025943835
Runaway teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities--Juvenile fiction.
False personation--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Murder--Juvenile fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
LGBTQ+ people--Fiction.
False personation--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Queer fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
PZ7.1.B79437 / Be 2026
[Fic]
Better the devil / Erik J. Brown. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026] - 392 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal, January 2026 Publishers Weekly, October 2025 Kirkus Starred, November 2025 Booklist, December 2025
"When a runaway teen is arrested for shoplifting, he's desperate not to be sent back to the hyper-religious parents he knows will never accept him. While at the police station, he notices a resemblance to the aged-up photos of Nate Beaumont, a child who went missing ten years ago--and, in a moment of desperation, he takes Nate's identity. Before he can run again, Nate's family arrives and welcomes him home to a life he never had, [where they] are nuturing and loving, very different from his own parents. But [when] unsettling things start to happen . . . it becomes clear that someone knows 'Nate' isn't who he says he is . . . and that the real Nate wasn't kidnapped, but murdered"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett Content Solutions.
9780063338326
2025943835
Runaway teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities--Juvenile fiction.
False personation--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Murder--Juvenile fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
LGBTQ+ people--Fiction.
False personation--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Queer fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
PZ7.1.B79437 / Be 2026
[Fic]