The Bad Ones

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Goddess, Goddess, count to five. In the morning, who’s alive? One town. One night. Four people gone. Nora’s best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to piece together the truth, she uncovers dark events in her high school’s history and a string of coded messages Becca has left for her. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years previously and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure, who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. As Nora struggles to unravel the mystery, it’s clear there are dark forces at work in her town – and they’re willing to stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep.

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*NEW FROM MELISSA ALBERT – INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HAZEL WOOD*

House of Hollow meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, THE BAD ONES is a page-turning supernatural thriller about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history – and one girl searching for the truth.

‘A gripping story of friendship and the supernatural . . . Albert’s talent for YA fiction is magical and undeniable. I was sucked right into The Bad Ones from the start, and on the edge of my seat until the end.’ Independent

A GAME GONE WRONG. A MISSING FRIEND. A TOWN OF BURIED SECRETS . . .

Goddess, Goddess, count to five. In the morning, who’s alive?

In a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town . . .

Nora’s best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. Determined to find her, Nora discovers a string of coded messages Becca has left. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years prior and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure, who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games . . .

As Nora unravels the mystery, it’s soon clear there are dark forces at work in her town – and they’ll stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep.

‘A masterful horror-thriller’ Laura Steven

The kind of horror that doesn’t just make you check under your bed – it makes you check your own reflection in the mirror . . . ‘ Ava Reid

Addictively terrifying’ Courtney Summers, author of Sadie

Praise for Melissa Albert:

‘I couldn’t put it down’ Karen M. McManus

‘Taut, haunting, and potent as a witches brew’ Krystal Sutherland

‘Every line reads like an incantation’ V.E. Schwab

Additional information

Weight 277 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 24 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J