The Suburban Strange

Shy Celia Balaustine is new to Suburban High, but a mysterious group of sophomores called the Rosary has befriended her. Friends aside, Celia soon discovers something is not quite right at Suburban. Girls at the school begin having near-fatal accidents on the eve of their sixteenth birthdays. Who is causing the accidents, and why? As Celia’s own birthday approaches, she is inexorably drawn into an underground conflict between good and evil—the Kind and the Unkind—that bubbles beneath Suburban High. Plentiful references to music and art—along with the intriguing underworld mythology—make this supernatural series debut a page-turner. Finding her place is one thing. Surviving it is another. Secret Society: Celia is drawn into the Rosary, a mysterious clique of artistic misfits with a shared love for dark music and a dangerous connection to the supernatural conflict bubbling beneath their school. Paranormal Romance: A brooding, mysterious boy who communicates through her sketchbook forces Celia to question who she can trust with her secrets—and her heart. Urban Fantasy: Discover a hidden war between the Kind and the Unkind fought in the hallways of Suburban High, where near-fatal accidents are actually calculated attacks and every sixteenth birthday is a potential death sentence. Art Magic: As the danger escalates, Celia discovers her own strange talent: the power to change reality with her pencil and sketchbook, a gift that might be the only thing that can save her.