{"product_id":"sundown-girls-9798217004942","title":"Sundown Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): L. S. Stratton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Nancy Paulsen Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Jordan Peele and Tiffany Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e a YA thriller about a Black teen whose fight for survival forces a small southern vacation town to face its dark history of racial violence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen sixteen-year-old Naomi Ward and her family head to a secluded cabin in the Shenandoah Valley for summer vacation they don't know the small, mountain town of Sparksburg, Virginia has a dark and twisted past. But when they arrive, Naomi can't shake the feeling that something about Sparksburg just isn't right--and it smells god awful, but for some reason Naomi is the only who can smell the town's stench. When she learns Sparksburg had once been a Sundown Town--a town where Black people weren't allowed after sunset lest they be murdered--Naomi's unease starts to make sense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Naomi digs more into Sparksburg's violent origins, she finds herself haunted by the ghost of a girl, appearing nightly outside her window. Then she learns of two girls who've recently gone missing and suspects the past may still be present in Sparksburg and beneath the quaint fa�ade of this tourist town is a palpable danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Naomi decides to track the disappearance of the two girls herself, she becomes suspicious of a local man who has kindled fear in Naomi more than once. She soon learns he has a connection to one of the missing girls, and Naomi is certain he's responsible for the disappearances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen no one believes her, Naomi takes matters into her own hands. But to save the missing girls, she'll have to finally face her own past trauma as a \"missing girl\" as she finds herself in a fight for survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping and triumphant, L.S. Stratton tells an important and unforgettable story of racial reckoning inspired by historical events.","brand":"Nancy Paulsen Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46859677761687,"sku":"9798217004942","price":1348.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798217004942.webp?v=1769949790","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sundown-girls-9798217004942","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}