And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. *Contains severe violence, moderate language, and mild sexual content.When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry. Mattie can’t remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. However, this well-written book should be carefully considered, as it will not be for everyone with its extreme violence, moderate swearing, and mild sexual content. A woman trapped on a mountain attempts to survive more than one kind of monster, in a dread-inducing horror novel from the national bestselling author Christina Henry. These central teen dramas are treated with emotional integrity, and they are resolved with genuine compassion and growth. Additionally, Lauren finds herself equally at odds with her mother and caught between familial love and a desire for more freedom. Her best friend just wants to talk about boys and lose her virginity, but Lauren is not yet interested in either, which tests their friendship. Lauren is fourteen, and she is struggling with the emotions of every teenage girl.

This paranormal horror story is a very real coming-of-age tale. However, somebody else knows her secret-and they want Lauren dead.

Something that was leashed has torn its way to freedom, and it may rip Lauren’s small world apart completely if she doesn’t master her blossoming power to stop it. It turns out that murders have been a regular occurrence in the sleepy midwestern town, and Lauren’s grandmother knows why they are buried and forgotten, and how they can be stopped. Every day one would say, Meet me by the old ghost-tree and they would go and have. After two girls are also eviscerated in the woods, Lauren discovers their deaths are linked to her father’s. Lauren and Miranda have been best friends forever. Things begin to change when Lauren’s father is murdered.

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry