Eden's Everdark (Reprint)

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Product Details
Price
$8.99  $8.36
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.13 X 7.63 X 0.64 inches | 0.56 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781665904483

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About the Author
Born and raised in the rural South, Karen Strong spent most of her childhood wandering the woods, meadows, and gardens on her grandmother's land. She developed a deep adoration of books from her weekly visits to the public library. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is an advocate of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). An avid lover of strong coffee, yellow flowers, and night skies, Karen currently lives in Atlanta. You can find her online at Karen-Strong.com.
Reviews
"As haunting as it is heartfelt, Eden's Everdark is a fantastically eerie tale of bound spirits and eternal night, rooted in family and blooming with love. Strong's writing absolutely shines with magic."--Heather Kassner, author of The Plentiful Darkness
"A deliciously creepy and suspenseful Southern Gothic story that engages with the consequences of the country's monstrous past while also beautifully centering the story of a girl frozen by grief at the loss of her mother. What makes this book truly ingenious is the way Karen Strong shows that the salve to both these societal and personal wounds can be found in the same way: finding joy and love in community and a deep connection to family past and present. This is a phenomenal book."--Anne Ursu, author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
"Karen Strong has performed a magic trick, weaving a story built on heartbreak and hope, tender intimacy and the sweep of history, sinister ghosts and debilitating grief, and tied it to a place that felt so real I could taste the salt in the air, and feel the gentle touch of familial love. I felt a profound connection to Eden - her sorrow and pain, her deep need to belong, her deep and suffocating fear, and her profound courage. She is a clear-eyed and indomitable heroine. Eden's Everdark is an intricate tale, both terrifying and heartbreaking, and it asks an important question: how do we free ourselves from the ghosts of the past? And how do we prevent the evil of others poisoning ourselves? This novel is stunning, moving, and marvelously strange. I loved every page."--Kelly Barnhill, bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author
"Karen Strong uses her particular brand of magic to weave a spine-tingling tale of ghosts and grief, and how we can be haunted by both in equal measure. A beautiful story that embraces the darkness, but always makes room for those glimmering threads of hope and love to shine through."--Hanna Alkaf, author of The Girl and the Ghost
"A haunting enchantment, Eden's Everdark transports readers into a spirit world full of spectacular adventure, heart-wrenching truths, and a constellation of characters to be remembered long after the story is finished. A can't be missed novel working in the beautiful folkloric tradition of Black American storytellers."--Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author
"Eden's Everdark hums with magic and mystery--a novel brimming with unsettling secrets, quiet beauty, and fierce love. Karen Strong creates an enchanted world that reminds the reader that their light can shine, even in the darkest, most desperate hours. A sensitive and lyrical portrait about the complexities of grief, the power of hope, and of finding ourselves wherever we are."--Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment and Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds
"Gorgeous, lush, and sparkling with strangeness, Eden's Everdark is a heartfelt, thrilling story about what it means to reckon with the past--and fight for the future." --Hayley Chewins, author of The Sisters of Straygarden Place
"Stunning, moving, and marvelously strange. I loved every page."--Kelly Barnhill, bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author