Follett Content Book Detail: Bad Creek by Peyton June

Name: Bad Creek
Author: Peyton June
ISBN: [978-1-32408-293-4,1-32408-293-3]

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Bad Creek

Author: Peyton June

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Follett Number: 2976SGX
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, 2025
Format: 372 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-32408-293-4
ISBN-10: 1-32408-293-3
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:

Drowning Fiction

Family Secrets Fiction

Friendship Fiction

Ghosts Fiction

Lakes Fiction

Vacations Fiction

"Three friends--Iris, Gum, and Aidan--confront restless ghosts and dark family secrets in the town of Bad Creek, Michigan, following the drowning of Iris's sister, Glory, the previous summer"--Provided by publisher.

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Iris, Gum, and Aidan are vacationing in Bad Creek, just like every summer. Except Iris's older sister, Glory, drowned in the lake last year, and Iris can't seem to move on; Gum is hiding his sexuality from his family while being viciously haunted by Glory's rotting ghost; and Aidan is distraught over a drunken argument with Glory that he fears may have led to her death. When Iris sleepwalks to the dilapidated house that Glory obsessively sketched in her final days, she and the boys begin to uncover a sinister history in the very bones of the town. The trio must reckon with the events of last summer and uncover what lurks within Bad Creek before it takes Iris's life next. Gripping and vengeful, Bad Creek confronts the intersection of religion, sexuality, and feminism, and forces readers to reckon with monsters in all their forms-human included.

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