SuitabookEscape and coping
Grace repeatedly retreats into imagined experiences when reality is hard to deal with.
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Alexa Lee - Author
A dark fantasy about a teenager using imagination as refuge, then encountering shadowy people and worlds that make escape less straightforward. Its central appeal is the tension between exhilarating adventure and an increasingly uncertain boundary between inner and outer life.
**“Tell me, kid... How do you feel about desecrating a graveyard?”** Suffocated by her narcissistic mother's constant complaints, Grace retreats into the refuge of her mind. He takes Grace under his wing, allowing her to accompany him on his search for a long-lost artefact. Split between her mundane reality and the exhilarating new world she has created, Grace leads an exciting double life. In one, she is a normal teenager, but in the other, she travels with Mitch, slowly discovering more about the shadowy world he is involved in and those hunting him down. The lines between reality and imagination blur as Grace continues to delve into her daydreams whenever reality is too hard to deal with, but soon, she finds other worlds. However, they are not as welcoming as she expected, and escape may not be quite so simple... A dark, adventure-filled coming of age fantasy, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials series, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Coraline.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA dark fantasy about a teenager using imagination as refuge, then encountering shadowy people and worlds that make escape less straightforward. Its central appeal is the tension between exhilarating adventure and an increasingly uncertain boundary between inner and outer life.
Grace repeatedly retreats into imagined experiences when reality is hard to deal with.
Grace leads a double life involving ordinary teenage experience, imagined travel with Mitch and other worlds.
The book appears to include a strained parent–child relationship, graveyard desecration, pursuit by threatening people, shadowy activity and unsettling encounters in other worlds.
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