Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley, published by Simon and Schuster on April 22, 2025, is a young adult fiction novel that explores the life of Sid Spencer, a seemingly average teenager whose world is turned upside down by a magical apocalypse. Set in a unique hometown built over a fault line that seals away magic, Sid navigates the challenges of high school while dealing with personal issues, including friendships and romantic rejections. When a Guardian is killed and magic is unleashed, Sid’s ordinary life quickly spirals into chaos.
In this 416-page edition, readers will follow Sid as she confronts the dangers of her transformed reality, including monsters and violent vigilantes. As she joins the remaining Guardians to search for her missing brother and restore order, themes of family, identity, and courage emerge amid the chaos. The narrative combines elements of horror and fantasy, making it a compelling read for those interested in stories that blend the ordinary with the extraordinary.
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A Morris Debut YA Award Finalist
A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse in this “thrilling, moving, and fantastical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel perfect for fans of The Raven Boys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Rest of Us Just Live Here.
High school is hard enough to survive without an apocalypse to navigate.
Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with is hair-ruining humidity, painful awkwardness, being one of four Asians in town, and her friends dumping her when they start dating each other—just days after one of the most humiliating romantic rejections faced by anyone, ever, in all of history.
Then someone kills one of the Guardians who protect the seal. The earth rips open and unleashes the magic trapped inside. Monsters crawl from the ground, no one can enter or leave, and the man behind it all is roaming the streets with a gang of violent vigilantes. Suddenly, Sid’s life becomes a lot less ordinary. When she finds out her missing brother is involved, she joins the remaining Guardians, desperate to find him and close the fault line for good.
Fighting through hordes of living corpses and uncontrollable growths of forest, Sid and a ragtag crew of would-be heroes are the only thing standing between their town and the end of the world as they know it. Between magic, murderers, and burgeoning crushes, Sid must survive being a perfectly normal girl caught in a perfectly abnormal apocalypse.
Only—how can someone so ordinary make it in such an extraordinary world?
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