DESCRIPTIONS

<p>One of <i>School Library Journal</i>'s Best Fiction Books of 2011</p><p>Some secrets are better left buried; some secrets are so frightening they might make angels weep and the devil crow.</p><p>Thought provoking as well as intensely scary, Marcus Sedgwick's <i>White Crow</i> unfolds in three voices. There's Rebecca, who has come to a small, seaside village to spend the summer, and there's Ferelith, who offers to show Rebecca the secrets of the town...but at a price. Finally, there's a priest whose descent into darkness illuminates the girls' frightening story. <i>White Crow</i> is as beautifully written as it is horrifically gripping. </p><p>This title has Common Core connections.</p>