{"product_id":"a-guide-to-the-dark-9781250863218","title":"A Guide to the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e meets Nina LaCour in this paranormal mystery YA about the ghosts we carry with us.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomething is building, simmering just out of reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can't shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she's haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he's still there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLayla doesn't see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can't wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she's too preoccupied with confusing feelings for Mira to see much else. But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to find the connection before Mira becomes the ninth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders won't be able to put down this tender thriller that includes over thirty interior black and white photos by the author! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeriam Metoui\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, book editor, and (when she has the time) a photographer. She graduated from the University of Michigan and Hunter College, where she received a master's degree in English literature. Born in Tunisia, she now lives in Detroit, Michigan with her partner and puppy. \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003emeriammetoui.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603769790738,"sku":"9781250863218","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2419b423-65f3-458d-9acd-d44a250a07ea.jpg?v=1732250589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-guide-to-the-dark-9781250863218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}