Before the Devil Knows You're Here

Autumn Krause

eBook - 2023

Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it!"Highly imaginative and powerfully affecting."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review1836, Wisconsin. Catalina lives with her pa and brother in a ramshackle cabin on the edge of the wilderness. Harsh winters have brought the family to the brink of starvation, and Catalina has replaced her poet's soul with an unyielding determination to keep Pa and her brother alive.When a sudden illness claims Pa, a strange man appears—a man covered in bark, leaves growing from his head, and sap dripping from his eyes. He scoops up her brother and disappears, leaving behind a bird with crimso...n wings. Catalina can’t let this man—if that’s what he is—have her brother. So, she grabs Pa’s knife and follows the bird.Along the way, she finds help from a young lumberjack,...

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Published
Holiday House
Language
English
Main Author
Autumn Krause
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB0BWQPBH2V
Release Date10/3/2023
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781682636480
Release Date10/3/2023