Channelle Desamours

Needy Little Things (MP3-Download)

The new YA thriller with a twist that will leave you speechless Ungekürzte Lesung. 486 Min.
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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours, read by Alaska Jackson A brilliantly page-turning thriller with an unusual psychological twist, which fans of One of Us is Lying, Ace of Spades and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love. Sariyah is determined not to let her missing friend become just another statistic, one of many vanished Black girls. But despite her talent for ESP, Sariyah is struggling, even when the clues point surprisingly close to home. When Sariyah's birthday celebrations at a music festival turn sour with the disappearance of one of her friends, she knows she can't rely on the police to find her. The authorities are no more help than they were when her friend's twin sister, another young woman of colour, went missing five years earlier. Sariyah feels guilty that her uncanny ability to predict people's needs didn't help to keep her friends safe. She is determined to find out what's happened to Deja. But the more she cracks the clues leading to her, the closer she gets to home … 'An unputdownable mystery centering a missing Black girl and the relentless search of friends who won't give up on her. [...] Needy Little Things is a triumphant debut.' Jessica Lewis, author of Bad Witch Burning

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury YA
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526675088
• Artikelnr.: 71522223

Autorenporträt

Channelle Desamours is a high school science teacher from Atlanta, Georgia who loves writing tales about magical Black girls. When she's not napping to recover from her five a.m. writing sessions, she can be found building tiny homes on The Sims 4 or tending to her house plants. Needy Little Things is her debut novel.

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Engrossing and original, with a twist to leave you gobsmacked. Chanelle Desamours is an exciting new voice on the thriller scene.

"Desamours' debut spotlights an emotionally complex hero... An engaging, innovative critique of the systems that protect whiteness and rob Black girls of their innocence." - Kirkus

"An unexpected twist on an important story, Needy Little Things weaves a skillfully crafted tale that grips readers from start to finish. A gem of a novel!" - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give

"Engrossing and original, with a twist to leave you gobsmacked. Channelle Desamours is an exciting new voice on the thriller scene." - Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Legacies and The Counselors

"A propulsive mystery with well-rounded characters, immersive prose, and more than a few tricks up its sleeve. I couldn't put it down." - Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston

"An unputdownable mystery centering a missing Black girl and the relentless search of friends who won't give up on her. Speculative elements expertly weave in intrigue and scathing commentary on who society wants to be found. Needy Little Things is a triumphant debut." - Jessica Lewis, author of Bad Witch Burning

"Desamours debuts with a tense, speculative mystery...twisty...with plenty of surprises, suspects, and red herrings." - Booklist

"Dripping with voice and riddled with twists, Needy Little Things held me captive from the first page to the last. Desamours' debut is a tour-de-force in character, mystery, and heart." - Courtney Gould, award-winning author of The Dead and the Dark

"This genre-crossing mystery/thriller with interlaced fantastical elements results in a page-turner... Unexpected twists are sprinkled throughout, with a bombshell cliffhanger... Riveting and complex." - School Library Journal