{"product_id":"dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-9781665914604","title":"Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Morris Debut YA Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA painfully average teen's life is upended by a magical apocalypse in this \"thrilling, moving, and fantastical\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) novel perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Raven Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Us Just Live Here\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigh school is hard enough to survive without an apocalypse to navigate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with is hair-ruining humidity, painful awkwardness, being one of four Asians in town, and her friends dumping her when they start dating each other--just days after one of the most humiliating romantic rejections faced by anyone, ever, in all of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen someone kills one of the Guardians who protect the seal. The earth rips open and unleashes the magic trapped inside. Monsters crawl from the ground, no one can enter or leave, and the man behind it all is roaming the streets with a gang of violent vigilantes. Suddenly, Sid's life becomes a lot less ordinary. When she finds out her missing brother is involved, she joins the remaining Guardians, desperate to find him and close the fault line for good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFighting through hordes of living corpses and uncontrollable growths of forest, Sid and a ragtag crew of would-be heroes are the only thing standing between their town and the end of the world as they know it. Between magic, murderers, and burgeoning crushes, Sid must survive being a perfectly normal girl caught in a perfectly abnormal apocalypse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly--how can someone so ordinary make it in such an extraordinary world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin Wasley is a young adult fantasy writer with a soft spot for orphans, found families, and funny girls with no special skills who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. She grew up in a family of adoptees, never truly seeing herself reflected in the books she devoured. As an adult, when she saw an Asian American girl on the cover of a YA book for the first time, she cried. Robin lives in Boston and works in scientific publishing, but she writes so readers can laugh, cry, and scream, \"Why are you like this?\". Her favorite things are genre mashes, bubble baths, Cheetos, and pie. When not writing, she enjoys baking and binge-watching entire seasons of TV in a single day. Her one dream in life is to become best friends with BTS. Her novel \u003ci\u003eDead Things Are Closer Than They Appear\u003c\/i\u003e was selected as a finalist for the Morris Debut YA Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570597400850,"sku":"9781665914604","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6a17276b-dbe0-4e0f-aa65-46ce76c32930.jpg?v=1745356062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-9781665914604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}