Harmony House

By Nic Sheff

Book Overview

Carrie meets American Horror Story meets The Shining in this terrifying YA horror novel from the author of Tweak and Schizo.

Something's not right in Beach Haven.

Jen Noonan's father thinks a move to Harmony House is the key to salvation, but to everyone who has lived there before, it is a portal to pure horror.

After her alcoholic mother's death, Jen's father cracked. He dragged Jen to a dilapidated old manor on the shore of New Jersey to start their new lives--but Jen can tell that the place has an unhappy history. She can feel it the same way she can feel her anger flowing out of her, affecting the world in strange ways she can't explain.

But Harmony House is more than just a creepy old estate. It's got a chilling past--and the more Jen discovers its secrets, the more the house awakens. Visions of a strange boy who lived in the house long ago follow Jen wherever she goes, and her father's already-fragile sanity disintegrates before her eyes. As the forces in the house join together to terrorize Jen, she must find a way to escape the past she didn't know was haunting her--and the mysterious and terrible power she didn't realize she had.

A Terrifying Haunted House: Harmony House is more than just creepy--it's awake, and it wants something from Jen.Dark Family Secrets: Jen's father has a past with the house, and as his sanity frays, the truth begins to unravel in terrifying visions.Religious Horror: What begins as a search for salvation becomes a descent into religious fanaticism that puts Jen in mortal danger.Mysterious Powers: Jen's grief and anger are manifesting in dangerous ways she can't control, an unstable power the house seems eager to feed on.Grief and Loss: A raw, character-driven story about the aftermath of a mother's death and the destructive ways a family tries to heal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062337092
• ISBN13: 9780062337092
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher