When All the Girls Are Sleeping

Product Description
For fans of People Like Us and The Cheerleaders comes an all new psychological suspense novel about one girl's investigation into her friend's sudden death and the unsettling possibility that a killer is still on the loose.
Windham-Farnswood Academy is beautiful, prestigious, historic--the perfect place for girls to prep for college. But every student knows all is not as it seems. Each January, the Winter Girl comes knocking. She's the spirit who haunts the old senior dorm, and this year is no exception.
For Haley, the timing couldn't be worse. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the death of her ex-best friend, Taylor. When a disturbing video of Taylor surfaces, new questions about her death emerge. And it actually looks like Taylor was murdered.
Now, as Haley digs into what really happened last year, her search keeps bringing her back to the Winter Girl. Haley wants to believe ghosts aren't real, but the clues--and the dark school history she begins to undercover--say otherwise. Now it's up to her to solve the mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself and another life is taken.
"A skillfully plotted mystery,...
dark secrets await." --Holly Jackson, #1
New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder on Emily Arsenault's
All the Pretty Things
From School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up-Arsenault immediately sets the tone of her novel within the first few pages. Readers are transported into the world of an all-girls prep school known for its ghosts. Haley is dealing with the aftermath of the death of her ex-best friend Taylor. She has a mixed feelings regarding Taylor, as they had gone their separate ways only weeks before she allegedly killed herself. Strange things have happened at Windham-Farnswood Academy throughout its history; therefore Haley is not entirely sure that Taylor actually died by suicide. Instead she believes that something much more sinister may be at play. Legend has it, there is a ghost that haunts the halls of the academy, and Haley is starting to think that this ghost-the Winter Girl-may have something to do with Taylor's accident. The author cleverly builds a chilling ghost story with just the right amount of tension to keep readers guessing. Her story also adeptly illustrates the turbulent relationships that exist between adolescent girls. Readers are immersed in her constant inner grappling over her prior friendship with Taylor and how complicated that relationship had been with Taylor before and after death. Teens will be spellbound until the very end. VERDICT A good purchase for where YA mysteries, suspense, or thrillers are popular.-Cat Miserendino, Meadowdale Lib., North Chesterfield, VAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Review
Praise for When All the Girls Are Sleeping:
"A tantalizingly suspenseful read. ... a spooky and compelling examination of what truly haunts us.”
—Bookpage
“This book kept me hooked from the first page . . . undoubtedly my favorite of the new book releases in July 2021.”
—Hypable
"Don't read this book at night! Every word will chill and thrill you--and ultimately keep you racing to turn the pages until you reach the very satisfying end." —Meg Cabot,
New York Times best-selling author of the Mediator series
"A moody, haunting, and pristinely plotted mystery with enough eerie twists, turns, and gasps to keep you up at night." —Kathleen Glasgow,
New York Times bestselling author of
Girl in Pieces and
You'd Be Home Now
"A menacing countdown grips hold of you while a sense of foreboding sneaks in like a winter fog. The twist was one I didn't see coming, a whip-smart and satisfying conclusion that kept me up all night!" —Katrina Leno author of
Horrid
"Fans of Nova Ren Suma or Moïra Fowley-Doyle will appreciate this layered look at girlhood, ghosts, and trauma." —
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s B