{"product_id":"the-wicked-deep-9781481497350","title":"The Wicked Deep","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wickedly chilling debut.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Complex and sweetly satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Prepare to be bewitched.\" --Paula Stokes, author of\u003ci\u003e Girl Against the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A story about the redemptive power of love.\" --Amber Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Way I Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eerie and enchanting.\" --Jessica Spotswood, author of The Cahill Witch Chronicles \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge--and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the cursed town of Sparrow...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters' return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShea Ernshaw is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author. Her books have been published in over twenty countries, and she is the winner of the Oregon Book Award. She lives in a small mountain town in Oregon and is happiest when lost in a good book, lost in the woods, or writing her next novel. Visit her online at SheaErnshaw.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617188581650,"sku":"9781481497350","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59cf61a2-0cba-4c04-a20f-03ee250038cb.jpg?v=1737287721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wicked-deep-9781481497350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}