num_pages: 373
description: The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson!Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister Piper.The renovated picture-perfect home on Maple Street sitting between dilapidated houses surrounded by wary neighbors has its . . . secrets. Thats only half the problem: household items vanish doors open on their own lights turn off shadows walk past rooms voices can be heard in the walls and theres a foul smell seeping through the vents only Mari seems to notice. Worse: Piper keeps talking about a friend who wants Mari gone.But running from ghosts is just a metaphor right?As the house closes in Mari learns that the danger isnt limited to Maple Street. Cedarville has its secrets too. And secrets always find their way through the cracks.
language: English
title: White Smoke
publisher: Katherine Tegen Books