{"product_id":"the-telling-9781665973854","title":"The Telling","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"haunting...addictive\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about a teen who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future when murders eerily similar to the dark stories her brother used to tell start happening in her hometown--now with updated text and a brand-new look!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou swore on summer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen was Lana's world. He was her big brother, her best friend, her summer. And then he was murdered in a grisly carjacking, and her world ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, six months after Ben's death, Lana is trying to reinvent herself. She's found her way into the inner circle of popular kids, and the Lana she is now--bold, daring, brash, adventurous--barely resembles the shy, unpopular Lana she used to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then a body turns up. At first, everyone thinks it's just a horrible accident. But when more corpses are discovered, Lana realizes the details of the murders eerily match the dark fairy tales Ben used to tell her--stories that only she and Ben knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs Ben seeking vengeance from the grave? Or has a darker phantom from their past come to haunt Lana's present?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Sirowy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.35h x 8.11w x 1.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665973854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e196676 \/ Telling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Sirowy is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Creeping \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Telling\u003c\/i\u003e. She was born and raised in Northern California, where she attended a women's college as an undergraduate and received her MA at the University of San Francisco. She is a voracious reader, the oldest of three children, an avid traveler, a record-holding high school long jumper, a gourmet cook, a feminist, and forever grateful to her parents for reading to her as a child. Alexandra lives in Northern California with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alexandra Sirowy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47858847842461,"sku":"9781665973854","price":27.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b101d14d-cb38-452d-9893-dbff704cbe28.jpg?v=1776861896","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-telling-9781665973854","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}