Wretched Waterpark

Kiersten White

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Delacorte Press
21 June 2022

Children's & young adult fiction & true stories; Young Adult Horror; Young Adult Horror; Kids

Series: The Sinister Summer Series

"A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists!

Meet the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who solve mysteries at increasingly bizarre summer vacation destinations in the hopes of being reunited with their parents-or at the very least finally finding a good churro.

""An absolute delight. If I have to die in a waterpark, I want to die in this one.""-Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

""Wickedly weird. . . . Will appeal to anyone who loved A Series of Unfortunate Events."" -The New York Times

Meet the Sinister-Winterbottoms- brave Theo, her timid twin, Alexander, and their older sister, Wil. They're stuck for the summer with their Aunt Saffronia, who doesn't know how often children need to eat and can't use a smartphone, and whose feet never quite seem to touch the floor when she glides-er-walks.

When Aunt Saffronia suggests a week pass to the Fathoms of Fun Waterpark, they hastily agree. But the park is even stranger than Aunt Saffronia. The waterslides look like gray gargoyle tongues. The employees wear creepy black dresses and deliver ominous messages. An impossible figure is at the top of the slide tower, people are disappearing, and suspicious goo is seeping into the wave pool.

Something mysterious is happening at Fathoms of Fun, and it's up to the twins to get to the bottom of it. The mystery, that is. NOT the wave pool. Definitely NOT the wave pool. But are Theo and Alexander out of their depth?"

By: Kiersten White
Imprint: Delacorte Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 391g
ISBN: 9780593379042
ISBN 10: 0593379047
Series: The Sinister Summer Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 21 June 2022
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

KIERSTEN WHITE is the New York Times bestselling author of The Camelot Rising trilogy, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, the Slayer series, the And I Darken trilogy, and many more novels. She lives with her family near by the beach and keeps all her secrets safely buried in her backyard, where they are guarded by a ferocious tortoise named Kimberly. kierstenwhite.com @kierstenwhite on Twitter

Reviews for Wretched Waterpark

Praise for Wretched Waterpark: A JLG selection! Like a big waterslide that you scream all the way down, only to laugh in relief and get right back on, this book is gothically hilarious and an absolute delight. If I have to die in a waterpark, I want to die in this one. --Holly Black, #1 NYT-bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series If you like stories about mostly perfectly nice children in imperfectly spooky situations, you'll adore Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark! It's both give-you-the-chills-creepy and laugh-in-a-room-by-yourself-funny. Full of heart and bravery and the most wonderful weirdness. --Lora Senf, author of The Clackity A timeless and charming romp of mysterious gothic delight for fans of Neil Gaiman, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Hotel Transylvania. I want to live in this world! --Delilah S. Dawson, NYT bestselling author of the Minecraft Mob Squad series and Mine Everything I want in a creepy middle grade book: wonderfully odd characters, mystery and humor, a murderous gothic waterpark. Dangerously delightful. --Jacqueline West, NYT-bestselling author of The Books of Elsewhere and Long Lost The creepy gothic setting, the relationships between the siblings, the cast of unusual characters, and the teasers that this episode is just one part of a much larger puzzle will keep readers hooked. Young goths will be all-in for the trippy mysteries. --Kirkus Reviews Packed with wordplay and mock-gothic mystery, this first title in the Sinister Summer series is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket, Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. --Shelf Awareness Readers who enjoy quirky mysteries will fall in love with the clever and relatable Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who will solve the mystery before their aunt shuffles them off to their next adventure. --Booklist Gleefully macabre. --PW