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Stage Fright
Stage Fright | Wendy Parris
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A new locked room scary story about thirteen-year-old Avery, who plans a sance at a deserted theater to bond with her friends, only to realize theyre locked inside with someoneor somethingelse. This spine tingling read is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden and Lindsay Currie! When Avery returns to her hometown after moving away a year earlier, she is hoping to jump back into her friend group as if nothings changed. Unfortunately, new interests, secret crushes, and changing dynamics get in her way. To reunite her BFFs, she suggests they host a sance at an abandoned theater that was the site of a horrible tragedy. What starts as a fun outing, soon becomes a fight for survival after the group gets locked inand discovers theyre not alone.
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Stage Fright | Wendy Parris
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I got this book for free, in exchange for my honest opinion via NetGalley.
13 year old Avery moved to Philadelphia last year, and she‘s very excited about her trip back to her hometown for the summer. She‘s excited about seeing her friends, and the treehouse, and reading mystery books with Paige, and just feeling like she belongs, because she‘s having a lot of trouble fitting in at her new school…

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Stage Fright | Wendy Parris
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YA horror is a wonderful thing. It‘s not too scary for early-preteens and embraces friendship and coping strategies.

I enjoyed this one. Haunted playhouses with call backs to Shakespeare and Agatha Christie??

Happiest ending: “She probably needed to talk to a therapist.”

Sweet mercy! I sure needed to hear that at thirteen! 😹