Claire Legrand is the author of five books for young readers, including the Edgar Award-nominated novel Some Kind of Happiness, and Winterspell, a dark retelling of the Nutcracker fairy tale. She lives in New Jersey.
★“Through this dank, atmospheric, and genuinely frightening
narrative, Legrand weaves powerful threads about the dangerous
journey of growing up female…an intensely character-driven story
about girls who support each other, girls who betray each other,
and girls who love each other in many complicated ways. Strange,
eerie, and unforgettable.” — ALA Booklist (starred review)
★“Legrand’s lush and pensive prose matches the murky, dangerous,
and beautiful island setting.... Rich and earthy horror.” — School
Library Journal (starred review)
★“This atmospheric, Gothic-flavored chiller, which mingles elements
of dark fairy tales and outright horror... includes an asexual
character and a beautifully wrought queer romance, [and] focuses on
the power of female friendship and what it means to pit women
against one another in fiction and in life.” — Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
★”Cinematically, gorgeously creepy and horrific, sliding between
breathlessly suspenseful and disturbingly grotesque.” — Bulletin of
the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
★”Legrand accomplishes the kind of slow-building tension and
mounting horror that will give readers night terrors. Read this
book, then lock it in the freezer.” — Shelf Awareness (starred
review)
“Part spine-chilling horror story and part coming-of-age lesbian
romance… If you are looking for something to scare you awake at
night, this is the book for you.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Claire Legrand tells an eerie, feminist horror story that’s
perfect for reading close to Halloween.” — Bustle
“With prose as fierce and uncompromising as its three main
characters, SAWKILL GIRLS is a fresh and unflinching exploration of
female friendship wrapped in a spine-tingling page-turner. Claire
Legrand doesn’t hold back--and you won’t be able to put this book
down.”
— - Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of
Sadie
“Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous,
and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie,
and power.” — Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth
“An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength.” — Mindy
McGinnis, author of The Female of the Species
“Old-school horror meets fresh, female-forward fury. Claire Legrand
masterfully paints this island world of terror with a blood-soaked
brush.” — Elana K. Arnold, author of National Book Award finalist
What Girls Are Made Of
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