Nova Ren Suma

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

a novel

The walls around us

Imaginary Girls

“Shiver-inducingly delicious.”—The New York Times Book Review “[Suma’s] narratives are subtle, quicksilver creatures, her language is elegant, and her characters keep more secrets than they reveal. If this book was a dessert, it wouldn't be a chocolate chip cookie or a vanilla birthday cake — it would be an earl grey lavender macaroon, or maybe balsamic fig ice cream.” – NPR.com “This beautiful story is full of magical-realism and luscious, lyrical writing.” – BuzzFeed “Terrific . . . A gothic love letter to secret places of New York City and the runaway girls who find them.”—Kelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble “Nova Ren Suma surpasses herself with this gorgeously-told, mesmerizing, tense and twisted story.”— Laura Ruby, National Book Award Finalist and Printz-Winning author of Bone Gap "Nova Ren Suma is a force to be reckoned with. Nobody writes like her."—Courtney Summers, author of Sadie "A Room Away From the Wolves is a page-turning thrill. Prepare to be left shivery and spooked and a little bit heartbroken.”—Emily X.R. Pan, New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After "A Room Away from the Wolves is a beautifully tangled chain, a modern gothic haunting by one of our masters."—Elana K. Arnold, author of National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina’s cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother—a bond Bina thought was unbreakable. Eight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women’s residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina’s lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she’s come to Catherine House and what it will cost for her to leave . . . In A Room Away from the Wolves, critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Nova Ren Suma weaves a spellbinding ghost story about who deserves a second chance, how we lie to those around us and ourselves, and what lengths girls will go to in order to save each other.

A Room Away From the Wolves

Seventeen-year-old Lauren has visions of girls her own age who are gone without a trace, but while she tries to understand why they are speaking to her and whether she is next, Lauren has a brush with death and a shocking truth emerges, changing everything.

17 & Gone

Emily X.R. Pan

Thirteen Short Stories from Bold New YA Voices & Writing Advice from YA Icons Created by New York Times bestselling authors Emily X. R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma, Foreshadow is so much more than a short story collection. A trove of unforgettable fiction makes up the beating heart of this book, and the accompanying essays offer an ode to young adult literature, as well as practical advice to writers. Featured in print for the first time, the thirteen stories anthologized here were originally released via the buzzed-about online platform Foreshadow. Ranging from contemporary romance to mind-bending fantasy, the Foreshadow stories showcase underrepresented voices and highlight the beauty and power of YA fiction. Each piece is selected and introduced by a YA luminary, among them Gayle Forman, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jason Reynolds, and Sabaa Tahir. What makes these memorable stories tick? What sparked them? How do authors build a world or refine a voice or weave in that deliciously creepy atmosphere to bring their writing to the next level? Addressing these questions and many more are essays and discussions on craft and process by Nova Ren Suma and Emily X. R. Pan. This unique compilation reveals and celebrates the magic of reading and writing for young adults.

Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA

Foreshadow

Linsey Miller

Traci Chee

Tori Bovalino

Rosiee Thor

Courtney Gould

Alex Brown

Gina Chen

Justine Pucella Winans

Shelly Page

Kay Costales

Liz Hull

Sandra Proudman

C.L. McCollum

Nora Elghazzawi

G. Haron Davis

A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place—within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s ground-breaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. Each story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster, a water-loving Rusalka, or a horrifying, baby-imitating Tiyanak, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows.

The House Where Death Lives

If this were a movie, you'd open to the first page of this book and be transported to a whole other world. Everything would be in black and white, except maybe for the girl in pink polka-dot tights, and this really great music would start to swell in the background. All of a sudden, you wouldn't be able to help it -- you'd be a part of the story, you'd be totally sucked in. You'd be in this place, filled with big lies, mysterious secrets, and a tween girl turned sleuth.... Zoom in on thirteen-year-old Dani Callanzano. It's the summer before eighth grade, and Dani is stuck in her nothing-ever-happens town with only her favorite noir mysteries at the Little Art movie theater to keep her company. But one day, a real-life mystery begins to unravel -- at the Little Art! And it all has something to do with a girl in polka-dot tights.... Armed with a vivid imagination, a flair for the dramatic, and her knowledge of all things Rita Hayworth, Dani sets out to solve the mystery, and she learns more about herself than she ever though she could.

Dani Noir

Una historia sobrenatural de culpabilidad e inocencia. EN EL EXTERIOR está Violet, una bailarina de ballet próxima a alcanzar la vida de sus sueños, vida que peligra con la aparición de una amenaza que podría revelar la impactante verdad de su gran logro. EN EL INTERIOR, dentro de las paredes del centro de detención juvenil de Aurora Hills, está Amber, encerrada por tanto tiempo que ya no puede imaginar la libertad. ATADA A ESTOS DOS MUNDOS está Orianna, quien tiene la clave para esclarecer los misterios más oscuros de ambas chicas. ¿Qué pasó realmente la noche en que Orianna se interpuso entre Violet y sus torturadores? ¿Amber, Violet y Orianna obtendrán la justicia que merecen?

Los muros que nos encierran

Muren van verraad / druk 1

This House is Haunted

Ruby said I'd never drown—not in deep ocean, not by shipwreck, not even by falling drunk into someone's bottomless backyard pool . It sounded impossible, something no one would believe if anyone other than Ruby were the one to tell it. But Ruby was right: The body found that night wouldn't be, couldn't be mine. Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. After a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away—away from home, away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns home at last, she finds a precarious and deadly balance waiting for her. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood. Imaginary Girls is a masterfully distorted vision of family with twists that beg for their secrets to be kept.

Imaginative thirteen-year-old Dani feels trapped in her small mountain town with only film noir at the local art theater and her depressed mother for company, but while trying to solve a real mystery she learns much about herself and life.

Fade Out

'Een realistisch boek met bovennatuurlijke elementen die ontaarden in een naargeestig, pijnlijk, maar prachtig einde dat de rillingen over je rug doet lopen.' - Kirkus Reviews, starred review 'Suma excelleert in surrealistische, verontrustende verhalen in een levendige stijl, en deze psychologische thriller is geen uitzondering. Een beangstigend, fantastisch boek.' – Booklist, starred review Een veroordeelde moordenares en een topballerina in spe. Wat hebben ze met elkaar gemeen? Muren van verraad is het verhaal van een meisje met een veelbelovende toekomst voor zich. Haar leven draait in één tragische middag van veelbelovend naar uitzichtloos. Het verhaal wordt verteld door Amber en Violet: de een zit in een jeugdgevangenis, de ander is een danseres met een mooie toekomst. Op het eerste gezicht zijn ze complete vreemden die niets met elkaar gemeen hebben. Amber zit vast in Aurora Hills, een beveiligde jeugdinrichting. Als op een nacht alle sloten openspringen, ontstaat er totale gekte onder de 42 meisjes die er hun straf uitzitten. De een grijpt haar kans om te ontsnappen, de ander weet niet wat ze met de nieuw verworven vrijheid aanmoet. Violet is een danseres die op het punt staat naar New York City te vertrekken om daar door te breken. Hoewel ze egoïstisch en met zichzelf ingenomen is, kan ze de dood van haar vriendin Orianna niet vergeten. Niet omdat ze zich schuldig voelt, maar vanwege het mogelijke effect ervan op haar huidige leven en haar dansopleiding aan het prestigieuze Juilliard. Langzaam wordt duidelijk dat Amber en Violet nauw met elkaar verbonden zijn door Orianna. Ook zij had een glorieuze toekomst als ballerina voor zich liggen, maar anders dan Violet moet ze knokken voor elke kans in het leven. Desondanks is Violet jaloers op Ori, wetende dat zij niet het natuurlijke talent voor ballet van Ori heeft. Als er twee concurrentes worden vermoord, belandt Ori in Aurora Hills. Krijgt een schuldige uiteindelijk altijd haar verdiende straf? Of zal een onschuldige voor altijd de last van de schuld blijven dragen? Nova Ren Suma is auteur van diverse Young Adult-boeken. Ze heeft voor diverse uitgeverijen gewerkt, geeft YA-schrijfworkshops en woont in New York.

Muren van verraad

Life echoes art in this sassy, heartwrenching coming-of-age story from the author of Imaginary Girls. It’s summer and Dani Callanzano has been abandoned by everyone she knows. Her dad moved out, her mom is all preoccupied being broken-hearted, and her closest friend just moved away. Basically it’s the end of the world. At least she has the Little Art, her favorite local arthouse movie theater. Dani loves all the old black-and-white noir thrillers with their damsels in distress and their low camera angles. It also doesn’t hurt that Jackson, the guy who works the projection reel, is super cute and nice and funny. And completely off-limits, of course—he’s Dani’s friend’s boyfriend, and they are totally, utterly perfect together. But one day, Dani stumbles across a shocking secret about Jackson—a secret too terrible for her to keep. She finds herself caught in the middle of a love triangle with enough drama to rival the noir-est film noir she’s ever seen.

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