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The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep

A Novel
By Laurie Faria Stolarz
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The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep follows an eighteen-year-old girl haunted by a traumatic abduction and her desperate search for the truth. After spending four harrowing days trapped in a well, she escapes but faces disbelief and isolation. Finding solace in an online survivor community, she connects with another girl whose disappearance raises chilling questions about what happened—and if she might be next.
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Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz returns with a thrilling novel where an eighteen-year-old girl's search for answers lands her in one of the most terrifying situations imaginable.

Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz returns with a thrilling novel where an eighteen-year-old girl's search for answers lands her in one of the most terrifying situations imaginable.

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Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz returns with The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep, a thrilling novel of an eighteen-year-old girl's search for answers and what she finds instead.

Four days.
Trapped in a well, surrounded by dirt, scratching at the walls trying to find a way out. Four days of a thirst so strong, that when it finally rains, I drink as much as possible from the dripping walls, not even caring how much dirt comes with it.

Six months.
Since my escape. Since no one believed I was taken to begin with - from my own bed, after a party, when no one else was home. Six months of trying to find answers and being told instead that I made the whole incident up.

One month.
Since I logged on to the Jane Anonymous site for the first time and found a community of survivors who listen without judgement, provide advice, and console each other when needed. A month of chatting with a survivor whose story eerily mirrors my own: a girl who's been receiving triggering clues, just like me, and who could help me find the answers I'm searching for.

Three days.
Since she mysteriously disappears, and since I'm forced to ask the questions: will my chance to find out what happened to me vanish with her? And will I be next?

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“Effective and memorable... the bleak, soul-crushing terror of being surrounded by folks who don't believe your trauma exists is the truest horror Stolarz explores.” -- Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books

Readers who appreciated Jane Anonymous will recognise Stolarz's powerful storytelling about trauma and resilience, praised as “powerfully graphic” and “a must-read” by Kirkus and School Library Journal. The novel has been celebrated for its heartfelt and tense narrative, described as “both heartbreaking and hopeful” by Booklist.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250303738

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 March 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 420g

Pages: 336

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Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Laurie Faria Stolarz Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

LAURIE FARIA STOLARZ is the author of several popular young adult novels including the Dark House series, the Touch series, Project 17, Shutter, and Bleed, as well as the bestselling Blue is for Nightmares series. With over a million books sold worldwide, Stolarz's titles have been translated into thirty languages and been named on numerous award lists, including the Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers list and the Top Ten Teen Pick list, both through the American Library Association.

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