num_pages: 352
description: A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic.When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. Shes always lied to fit in so if shes straight enough Vietnamese enough American enough she can get out with the college money he promised.But the house has other plans. Night after night Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they dont belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade cant ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves her cryptic warnings: Dont eat.Neither Ba nor her sweet sister Lily believe that there is anything strange happening. With help from a delinquent girl Jade will prove this housethe home her family has always wantedwill not rest until it destroys them. Maybe this time she can keep her family together. As she roots out the houses rot she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must become to save them all.
language: English
title: She Is a Haunting
publisher: Bloomsbury YA