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The asylum holds the key to a terrifying past...
A thrilling creepy photo-novel, perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
For sixteen-year-old outcast Dan Crawford, the summer program at New Hampshire College Prep is a lifeline. Finally, a chance to make some friends before college. Even if that means staying in a dorm that used to be a old asylum.
Soon Dan’s hanging out with Abby and Jordan, and summer is looking up. But then he learns that the asylum was not just any sanatorium – it was a last resort for the criminally insane.
As Dan, Abby and Jordan explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. And that some secrets refuse to stay buried...
Featuring unsettling found photos of real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen horror debut ASYLUM treads the line between genius and insanity.
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"Days after reading Asylum, I'm still haunted by the images that Madeleine Roux's words conjured. I just want to curl up inside her skull and exist for a while in its dark, twisted magnificence. Brilliant!"--Heather Brewer, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
"Page-turning. Fans of 'found footage' horror will enjoy this visually creepy take on the haunted-institution setting."--Kirkus
"The plentiful illustrations both advance the story line and immeasurably contribute to the spooky atmosphere. With its abundant jump scares, horror readers and fans of the TV show American Horror Story will delight in the fast-paced plot."--Booklist
"Illustrations used in this book are from actual asylums, and the author builds the tension nicely as Dan receives what may be messages from an inmate. A good choice for readers who enjoy books with scary situations that lead to a solid climax."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"A strong YA debut. Roux (aided by unsettling photo illustrations of abandoned asylums and tormented patients) creates an entertaining and occasionally brutal horror story that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma and terror on a place."--Publishers Weekly
"Madeleine Roux's Asylum takes the fondest dream of our collective nerdy childhood and handily turns it into the scariest collective nightmare." -- Tor.com
"I started reading this one at my desk in broad daylight and still got goose bumps." -- Glamour
Days after reading Asylum, I m still haunted by the images that Madeleine Roux s words conjured. I just want to curl up inside her skull and exist for a while in its dark, twisted magnificence. Brilliant! --Heather Brewer, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod"
Page-turning. Fans of found footage horror will enjoy this visually creepy take on the haunted-institution setting. --Kirkus"
The plentiful illustrations both advance the story line and immeasurably contribute to the spooky atmosphere. With its abundant jump scares, horror readers and fans of the TV show American Horror Story will delight in the fast-paced plot. --Booklist"
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"Page-turning. Fans of 'found footage' horror will enjoy this visually creepy take on the haunted-institution setting."--Kirkus
"The plentiful illustrations both advance the story line and immeasurably contribute to the spooky atmosphere. With its abundant jump scares, horror readers and fans of the TV show American Horror Story will delight in the fast-paced plot."--Booklist
"Illustrations used in this book are from actual asylums, and the author builds the tension nicely as Dan receives what may be messages from an inmate. A good choice for readers who enjoy books with scary situations that lead to a solid climax."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"A strong YA debut. Roux (aided by unsettling photo illustrations of abandoned asylums and tormented patients) creates an entertaining and occasionally brutal horror story that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma and terror on a place."--Publishers Weekly
"Madeleine Roux's Asylum takes the fondest dream of our collective nerdy childhood and handily turns it into the scariest collective nightmare." -- Tor.com
"I started reading this one at my desk in broad daylight and still got goose bumps." -- Glamour
Days after reading Asylum, I m still haunted by the images that Madeleine Roux s words conjured. I just want to curl up inside her skull and exist for a while in its dark, twisted magnificence. Brilliant! --Heather Brewer, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod"
Page-turning. Fans of found footage horror will enjoy this visually creepy take on the haunted-institution setting. --Kirkus"
The plentiful illustrations both advance the story line and immeasurably contribute to the spooky atmosphere. With its abundant jump scares, horror readers and fans of the TV show American Horror Story will delight in the fast-paced plot. --Booklist"
Once you get in, there's no getting out.
For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime. Except that when Dan arrives, he finds that the usual summer housing has been closed, forcing students to stay in the crumbling Brookline Dorm--formerly a psychiatric hospital. As Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan start exploring Brookline's twisty halls and hidden basement, they uncover disturbing secrets about what really went on here . . . secrets that link Dan and his friends to the asylum's dark past. Because it turns out Brookline was no ordinary psych ward. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Featuring haunting found photographs from real asylums, this mind-bending reading experience blurs the lines between past and present, friendship and obsession, genius and insanity.
And don't miss the spine-tingling sequel, Sanctum.
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- PublisherHarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0007538243
- ISBN 13 9780007538249
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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