The Lake House [Hardcover]

*Junior Library Guild Selection 

*YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults

*A YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Yellowjackets meets One of Us Is Lying in this masterful survival thriller from New York Timesbestsellingauthor Sarah Beth Durst.

Formidably scary, Durst's survival/horror story is the stuff of late-night campfire legends. With three deftly drawn, powerful girls at the center, reading felt like I had found a crew of clever, loyal best friends, even as I stayed up long into the night, trembling with dread. —E. Lockhart, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofWe Were Liars

Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired—her worst-case scenarios never actually come true.

Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge—and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana.

When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident. Someone, something,is hunting them. Something that hides in the shadows.

Something that refuses to let them leave.

Featuring a richly diverse cast, vividly imagined worldbuilding, and passionate storytelling, Durst's middle grade fantasy is a feast for the senses.   -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for Sarah Beth Durst's Queen of Sorrow Trilogy: Mythopoeic Award-winner Durst launches her Queens of Renthia series with a stellar and imaginative tale.   -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Durst presents a thrilling beginning to a sweeping series about searching for sovereignty alƒH