Description

The new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Mirror Visitor Quartet

Welcome to the School of Here, an unsettling and peculiar place that is nonetheless familiar to us all. At Here, society is highly stratified: the pairs, friend groups, and outcasts are all ruled by a godlike prince.

This year things are not at all as they seem. A self-effacing first-year student vanishes into thin air. A persecuted outsider delivers himself into permanent exile. A tyrannical upperclassman meets his match. A newly-minted prophetess tests her powers. And, behind the scenes, a cabal of students conducts a top-secret investigation into the unexplained phenomenon at the heart of it all.

With Here, and Only Here, Christelle Dabos gives readers a novel that explores the difficulties of fitting in, and the private, individual choices that make up the sometimes abhorrent, always unpredictable collective.

Publisher Review

“A gripping and disturbing read: sharp, intense and coolly observant of school day relationships and transgressions.” * Daily Mail * “A dense fever dream.” * Kirkus Reviews * “Christelle Dabos captivates readers of all ages.” * Lire * “Imagine all your middle-school nightmares made manifest. Add to that an eerie paranormal aspect that elevates the whole to the maximum level and you have this wildly creative and engaging tale of the middle school from hell.” * Reading the West * “Compelling.” * The Guardian (on A Winter’s Promise) * “A glowing example of the rare thing that is the YA novel in translation.” * The Irish Times (on A Winter’s Promise) * “An out-of-this-world, tugs-at-all-heart-strings, grips-you-at-every-page piece of writing.” * Stylist (on A Winter’s Promise) *