One of them believes in it, one of them wants to but mostly goes along with it to belong to something - it's all very familiar. It perfectly captures the dynamic of two insecure teens trying to work together to assert some power in a world where they feel unnoticed and helpless.
She knows in her bones that there's a killer to catch, and when no one is interested in listening to her, she uses a mysterious grimoire to bring back the only people who care enough to help: the dead girls themselves.īooks Life Lessons (With Zombies) In 'Minecraft: The Island'Īs someone who spent several teenage years in a two-girl coven, trying to divine the future and lure romantic prospects into my magic web, I can vouch for the realism of Undead Girl Gang's hocus pocus. That just doesn't make sense, especially not right after the equally suspicious double suicide of two of the most popular girls at school. When Mila Flores' only friend - and fellow Wicca practitioner - Riley dies under suspicious circumstances, she knows it wasn't suicide like everyone thinks. Can any book live up to such a great pitch? I was expecting something dark, something funny, and something with teeth. Pretty fantastic, right? Everyone I've tried this pitch on has had the same reaction: I want to read that! I felt the same way, so I went into Undead Girl Gang with high levels of anticipation.
So when I say that Undead Girl Gang has the new-crowned queen of elevator pitches, it's worth paying attention: When girls start dying under suspicious circumstances, a teen witch raises the dead to figure out who done it and get revenge. It's hard to do right, and some books just aren't high-concept enough to make it work. Novel writers are encouraged to have an elevator pitch - a one-sentence summary of their book that will grab the attention of anyone stuck in a small space with them for the time it takes to move from one floor to the next. Your purchase helps support NPR programming.
But these books are still largely “issue driven” and take place in the contemporary or realistic world, and while that’s great, what about speculative fiction and genre fiction starring fat protagonists? I want to see those books! Luckily, we have three YA books, two of which are just released this fall, that star fat girls kicking butt and dealing with supernatural threats.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Undead Girl Gang Author Lily Anderson
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