Rules for Vanishing
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Book Overview
In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister--at all costs. 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. When Sara and her skeptical friends meet in the forest to search for Becca, the mysterious road unfurls before them. All they have to do is walk down it. But the path to Lucy is not of this world, and it has its own rules. Every mistake summons new horrors. Vengeful spirits and broken, angry creatures are waiting for them to slip, and no one is guaranteed safe passage. The only certainty is this: the road has a toll and it will be paid. Sara knows that if she steps onto the road, she might not come back. But Becca needs her. And Lucy is waiting.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:198483701X
ISBN13:9781984837011
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:Viking Books for Young Readers
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.21 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.6" x 8.3"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fantastic horror book
Published by Bookgamer , 5 years ago
Amazingly written and the creepiest book I've ever read.
Good, but the ending was eh.
Published by MizzyRed , 5 years ago
I got a ARC from Bookish First.
I must say that the Rules for Vanishing story caught me up pretty quickly. I really liked the supernatural parts with the gates and the dark and the yelling crows and the mansion with the creepy hollow lady. I liked those parts better than the trying to find Becca who ran off and followed the road a year ago and disappeared. Sara had a bunch of good friends to help her though and I liked them pretty well.
I had to flip back a few times to remember people since there seemed to be ones that appeared and disappeared without me noticing. That part was a bit annoying, except then I also started paying attention to the times and that was cool.
So, the story was good until the ending when I think the author tried too hard to tie it all in with some ancient evil and then it kind of all fell apart and I was confused about what happened. It was all kind of discombobulated.
Still, it was a fun read and would make a fairly good spooky Halloween story.
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