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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2013 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 8 Up—This Swedish import tells the story of seven 10th graders who find themselves developing mysterious supernatural powers. After Linnéa and Minoo find their classmate Elias Malmgren dead in an unused bathroom from an apparent suicide, the girls are horrified. Just as they are coming to terms with his death, they and four other girls are drawn in by a mysterious force to an abandoned amusement park near their town. Once there, they discover that they are fated ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2013
Engelsfors is a sleepy Swedish working-class town in decline -- the kind of place restless teenagers can't wait to escape. Elias Malmgren's suicide shakes up the local high school for a few days, but the incident is dismissed as just another example of the town's pervasive despair. One night, a red moon rises in the sky, and six of Elias's classmates hear a disturbing prophecy: Elias's death was an omen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
