“Book Descriptions:Anything could happen in darkness like this. And no one would ever know.
After twelve-year-old Annice Rainart’s irresponsible mom abandons her, she reluctantly resigns herself to life in the small town of Rakewell Falls, where her mom grew up. Her aloof grandma is prepared to raise her, she develops a steadfast crush on a kind older boy, and her new best friend is unfailingly cheerful.
But something sinister lurks beneath the town’s quaint surface, and Annice begins to realize that nothing in Rakewell Falls is what it seems. After witnessing something horrifying, she forms a dangerous alliance with the town golden boy—though his help comes at a terrible price.
A PALE SHADOW is a dark coming-of-age story about secrets, sorrow, and the kind of vicious love a quiet girl like Annice knows she doesn’t want.
She needs it.
And she’s never going to escape it.
TWs: neglect, mentions of alcoholism, mentions of abuse, abuse of minors, suicide, rape, death, mature sexual situations” DRIVE