Nancy Paulsen Books Sundown Girls

When sixteen-year-old Naomi Ward and her family head to a secluded cabin in the Shenandoah Valley for summer vacation they dont know the small, mountain town of Sparksburg, Virginia has a dark and twisted past. But when they arrive, Naomi cant shake the feeling that something about Sparksburg just isnt right - and it smells god awful, but for some reason Naomi is the only who can smell the towns stench. When she learns Sparksburg had once been a Sundown Town - a town where Black people werent allowed after sunset lest they be murdered - Naomis unease starts to make sense. As Naomi digs more into Sparsburgs violent origins, she finds herself haunted by the ghost of a girl, appearing nightly outside her window. Then she learns of two girls whove recently gone missing and suspects the past may still be present in Sparksburg and beneath the quaint façade of this tourist town is a palpable danger. When Naomi decides to track the disappearance of the two girls herself, she becomes suspicious of a local man who has kindled fear in Naomi more than once. She soon learns he has a connection to one of the missing girls, and Naomi is certain hes responsible for the disappearances. When no one believes her, Naomi takes matters into her own hands. But to save the missing girls, shell have to finally face her own past trauma as a missing girl as she finds herself in a fight for survival. Gripping and triumphant, L.S. Stratton tells an important and unforgettable story of racial reckoning inspired by historical events. Autorid: L.S. Stratton