Bound To Stay Bound

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 Rules for vanishing
 Author: Marshall, Kate Alice

 Publisher:  Viking (2021)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 432 p.,  22 cm

 BTSB No: 605475 ISBN: 9781984837011
 Ages: 12-16 Grades: 7-11

 Subjects:
 Sisters -- Fiction
 Missing persons -- Fiction
 Ghosts -- Fiction
 Horror fiction

Price: $9.83

Summary:
Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons. Lucy's game isn't for the faint of heart. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose... Sara's sister disappeared one year ago--and only Sara knows where she is. Becca went to find the ghost of Lucy Gallows and is trapped on the road that leads to her. In the sleepy town of Briar Glen, Lucy's road is nothing more than local lore. But Sara knows it's real, and she's going to find it.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.20
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 505959



Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 08/01/2019 Gr 7 Up—Find a partner. Find a key. Find the road. Play the game. Sara's sister, Becca, did exactly that last year and hasn't been seen since. Now, the phantom of Lucy Gallows, the infamous girl who walked the mysterious forest road decades ago before disappearing, is calling Sara to play. To recover her sister, Sara and eight others heed Lucy's invitation. However, the road does not like to leave survivors, and while some are ready to tempt fate, the consequences of mistakes made on the path soon turn deadly. Marshall delivers a haunting tale about a childhood game that twists into a disturbing rescue mission. Told through written testimonies, video recordings, message transcripts, and interviews, Sara and her friends' attempt to save Becca becomes an insidious incident filled with eerie imagery and captivating revelations. As Sara's story unfolds, layers of uncertainty come to light, resulting in a cast of delightfully unreliable characters, whose intimate connections leave devastation when tragedy strikes. The cost of each choice Sara makes weighs heavily on her hazy memories, leaving readers to ponder how every action affects more than just a single person. VERDICT A fantastic addition for those who are building up their suspenseful supernatural collections.—Emily Walker, Lisle Library District, IL - Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 02/01/2020 According to local lore, Sara's sister, Becca, wasn't the first girl in their Massachusetts town to go missing. In 1953, Lucy Callow—renamed Lucy Gallows in urban legends—disappeared in the forest. On the anniversary of her disappearance, legend says, the road she walked reappears, and if you find it, you can find her. Now the anniversary of Lucy's disappearance is the anniversary of Becca's, too; she was obsessed with finding Lucy's road, and she's been gone a year. When the road appears for Sara, bearing mysterious, riddle-like instructions, she'll have to rely on the friends she's alienated in order to find Becca. But what waits for them in this eerie world is hungry and dark, and, in saving Becca, Sara might doom herself. Arranged in a found-footage collection of interviews, handwritten recollections, and transcriptions of cellphone videos, this homage to Blair Witch–era horror can be genuinely terrifying. Marshall (I Am Still Alive, 2018) keeps the twisty narrative intentionally murky, ensuring that readers, like Sara and her friends, may never find their way out. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.

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