The Walls Around Usby Nova Ren Suma
 

The movie Black Swan meets Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in this thriller. Violet is days away from her dream of attending a prestigious dance school when her past comes back to haunt her. Her best friend, Orianna, is in jail for the murders of two fellow dancers, but is she really the one to blame? Orianna and all the other inmates are living their deaths over and over, waiting for the day to make things right.

336 pgs. - ISBN: 9781616203726

AR Quiz No. 172592, IL: UG, BL: 5.6, AR Pts: 13

Keywords: magical realism, alternating female perspectives, ballet, juvenile detention, psychological horror, reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock or Twilight Zone

Honors: YALSA Best Book of 2015, SLJ Best Books 2015

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