9781599902500

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Bloomsbury USA Childrens

On sale:

October 2009

Price:

$8.99

Format:

Paperback

Size:

5.0625 x 7.75 in

Pages:

304 pp

Ages:

12

Grades:

7


ISBN-13: 9781599902500

ISBN-10: 1599902508



The Waking: Dreams of the Dead (old edition)

By Thomas Randall

Book Description

Private school teen horror goes international in The Waking, a terrifying new trilogy about ancient myths, long-sleeping demons, and being a stranger in a strange land.

Kara Foster is an outsider in Japan, but she does her best to fit into the private school where her father has a job teaching English for the year. Fortunately she's befriended by Sakura, a fellow outsider struggling to make sense of her sister's unsolved murder. No one seems to care about the beautiful girl who was brutally killed, and the other students go on as if nothing has happened. But the calm doesn't last for long. Kara begins to have nightmares, and soon other students in the school turn up dead, viciously attacked by someone . . . or something. An evil spirit haunts the night, and it's not just in dreams anymore. Is Sakura getting payback from those she thinks are responsible for her sister's death? Or has her dead sister come back to take revenge for herself?
This first book in a frightening new trilogy will have teens glued to the page and scared to go to sleep.

"Randall links an effectively worked horror story with the traditions of Noh theatre; readers get a healthy dose of cross-cultural insight and understanding while being thoroughly spooked by a demon much older and more malevolent than the tame, sparkly vampires of recent fame.” ―BCCB

— Booklist

"Randall describes the scenery, the culture, the characters, even their clothing, with heartfelt details. The story has suspense, mystery, and horror. It will be a great hit with fans of manga, anime, or Japanese culture.–School Library Journal