{"product_id":"local-gods","title":"Local Gods","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An engaging, twisty, folk horror that steadily builds to a truly shocking ending, this will thrill teens looking for wild stories of revenge.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A highly suspenseful, darkly romantic exploration of redemption, hope, and belonging.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelinda Salisbury is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and several other novels that have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Edgar Award, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, among others. Her work has been published in over fifteen countries. Melinda also works as a writing mentor and volunteers at her local independent cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I burned through this tale of old magic, lush and glorious revenge, and an underestimated girl who has to lose everything in order to figure out who--and what--she really is. A brilliant addition to the canon of tales set in the wild woods.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eMelissa Albert, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hazel Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Haunting and unputdownable, \n\u003ci\u003eLocal Gods\u003c\/i\u003e had me entranced. It will make you fear and revere the forest and want to kiss a woodland god as you're sucked into the mysteries of this twisted small town. Be prepared to fall in love, to rage, to be consumed.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eCG Drews, author of \u003ci\u003eDon't Let the Forest In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With beautiful, unsettling imagery that brings the oppressive, declining resort town of Pine Ridge Hollow to vivid life, Salisbury paints a folk horror that is propulsive and emotionally serrated in equal measure. Both a broader tale of the long-creeping rot of an insular community, and a more intimate examination of a youth's desperation after being failed by the adults that should be beholden to her-- \n\u003ci\u003eLocal Gods\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to interrogate if hauntings and the harms left in their wake are inherited or made.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eJihyun Yun, author of \u003ci\u003eAnd the River Dragged Her Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eLocal Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect scary story to tell around a campfire, brimming with dark small-town atmosphere, romance, and the allure of dangerous deals with an ancient deity. I was spellbound.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eTrang Thanh Tran, author of \u003ci\u003eShe Is a Haunting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A darkly atmospheric tale of small town secrets, angry girls, and supernatural horrors, \n\u003ci\u003eLocal Gods\u003c\/i\u003e feels somehow familiar, yet unexpected, and completely propulsive.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eKate Pearsall, author of \u003ci\u003eBittersweet in the Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Sin-Eater's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003ecombines the compelling world-building narrative style of Kristin Cashore's \n\u003ci\u003eGraceling\u003c\/i\u003e with the political intrigue of Megan Whalen Turner's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Thief \u003c\/i\u003e. . . [a] well-imagined fantasy world.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Sin-Eater's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Salisbury injects unique twists into common folk horror tropes around small-town politics to deliver an evocative paranormal thriller . . . It all coalesces into a socially conscious and serpentine mystery topped with spine-tingling supernatural imagery.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With a nod to Shirley Jackson's social horror classic 'The Lottery' and the grisly pagan cult film \n\u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e, Salisbury delivers a menacing, moody, and suspenseful urban fantasy.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA girl hated by her town for her father's crimes must decide whether to save it or burn it all down when a dying god in the woods warns her of an impending catastrophe in this \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003esocially conscious and serpentine mystery topped with spine-tingling supernatural imagery\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a bone-white crow lands in Sylvie Singer's backyard, she knows trouble is coming. And after an FBI raid reveals her father's double life, Sylvie's entire world comes crashing around her. With nowhere to go but the abandoned railway station in the cursed West Woods, Sylvie spends her time avoiding the carnivorous white deer that live there, counting down the days until she can graduate from high school and finally leave the town that's openly out for her blood. Then Sylvie encounters a different sort of monster. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllican is a horned god bound to the West Woods, even more wretched than she is. Sylvie is drawn to Illican, excited that he can introduce her to magic that could save her town--save her. But Illican is dying, and the last thing Pine Ridge Hollow wants is help from Sylvie Singer... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe town is a tinderbox, and Sylvie is the spark that will either save it or burn it all down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/11\/2026 (EAN 9798347101450, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798347101450, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/29\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9798347101450, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSalisbury, Melinda\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelinda Salisbury is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and several other novels that have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Edgar Award, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, among others. 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