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  • Published: 30 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593427514
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $14.99

Small Town Monsters



The Conjuring meets The Vow! This terrifying paperback original tells the unputdownable story of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town.

The Conjuring meets The Vow! This is the terrifying story of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town.

Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she's the family outcast, lacking her parents' innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement.

Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year, spending his days thinking about parties and friends. Instead he's taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn't recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father's death might be something more...sinister.

When Maxwell and Vera join forces, they come face to face with deeply disturbing true stories of cults, death worship, and the very nature that drives people to evil.

"With death cults, possession, exorcism, and demons, Small Town Monsters is like all of my favorite horror movies rolled up into one unputdownable book!"—Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending

  • Published: 30 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593427514
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $14.99

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Praise for Small Town Monsters

Praise for Small Town Monsters:

"An eerie thriller emphasizing the power of inner strength."—Kirkus

“With razor sharp pacing, hair-raising chills, and well-drawn characters to root for, Small Town Monsters does for YA horror what Stranger Things did for Netflix.”—Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

"With death cults, possession, exorcism, and demons, Small Town Monsters is like all of my favorite horror movies rolled up into one unputdownable book!"—Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending

Well-paced and truly terrifying, Small Town Monsters is a nightmarish world filled with demons, cults, and awkward first glances—a perfect horror recipe.”—Suzanne Young, New York Times bestselling author of The Program series.

“Rodriguez Wallach knows how to tell a suspenseful story and doesn’t pull any punches. Small Town Monsters combines the horror of The Conjuring with the heart of Stranger Things.”—Andrew Shaffer, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Santa: A Horror for the Holidays Novel