Sunday Suspense(17): Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Publisher: HarperTeen
Expected day of publication: October 21st, 2014



Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, eBook



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Synopsis:



It's an oppressively hot and sticky morning in June when Sterling and her brother, Phin, have an argument that compels him to run into the town swamp -- the one that strikes fear in all the residents of Sticks, Louisiana. Phin doesn't return. Instead, a girl named Lenora May climbs out, and now Sterling is the only person in Sticks who remembers her brother ever existed.

Sterling needs to figure out what the swamp's done with her beloved brother and how Lenora May is connected to his disappearance -- and loner boy Heath Durham might be the only one who can help her.

I think...

As I've already mentioned it a few times, I love mystery. The more complicated the better. And that person-change nobody remembers thing is so intriguing. I can't wait.

About the author:

Natalie C Parker grew up in a Navy family where having adventures was as common as reading fairy tales.

She graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in English, then went on to earn her MA in Women’s Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Continuing her efforts as a lifelong scholar, she currently works on a project studying climate change at the University of Kansas where she eavesdrops on the conversations of brilliant scientists gathering fodder for future novels.

Though still baffled by having ended up in a landlocked state, she lives in Kansas with her partner in a house of monsters.

Natalie is represented by the indomitable Sarah Davies of the Greenhouse Literary Agency.