Small Town Monsters

How it reads

Small Town Monsters is young adult (young-adult paranormal mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, coming of age and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 336 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.