Doll Bones

Nobody does spooky like Holly Black. Doll Bones is a book that will make you sleep with the lights on. -- Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Spooky, melancholy, elegiac and ultimately hopeful; a small gem. * Kirkus Review (Starred review) * A little bit scary and full of heart, this story grabbed me and wouldn't let go. -- Rebecca Stead, author of Liar and Spy It's a deep, strange and compelling book, at times lovely, at other times heartbreaking and deliciously weird. * New York Times * With heart-wrenching swiftness, Black paints a picture of friends at the precipice of adulthood . . . The tightly focused, realistic tale bladed with a hint of fairy-tale darkness feels cut from the very soul of youth. * Booklist (Starred review) * Compelling, chill-at-the-nape tale with dynamics and emotional depth . . . The novels eerie vibe and eek-worthy plot may keep readers turning pages into the wee hours, but its the vivid characters and skillfully developed themes of identity, friendship and loss that linger long in the mind. * The Washington Post * [An] eerie, tender novel. * Wall Street Journal * Black poignantly and realistically captures how adolescence inherently brings change; how growing up affects the ways children play; and the inevitable tests friendships face. * Horn Book * It's as psychologically haunting as the ghost girl's physical haunting . . . Black begins with an ordinary experience of childhood and gives it a wicked twist to reveal the truth at the center of the impulse for storytelling. -- Shelf Awareness, starred review A darn good adventure. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Holly Black is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling series The Spiderwick Chronicles and has written many other contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children. The Spiderwick Chronicles were adapted into a film by Paramount Pictures, which was released in February 2008. To date, the Spiderwick books have been translated into 32 languages. Her first book, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, was published in 2002 and was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. She followed this up with Valiant, which was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award for Young Readers and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, along with Ironside, the sequel to Tithe. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library. For more information about her, please visit www.blackholly.com.