Black Diamond
Laura Wright
language
(Black House Books, Feb. 14, 2011)
"They say he’s cursed to spend forever in his precious Black Diamond… that he’s always looking for others to take with him…. They say he now drives the Devil, himself."Sunnyside is a quaint Appalachian town with its own unique history… and curse. Josie Stapleton pays a high price for ignorance, almost with her life. The school’s mean girls pressure her to join them, in what she suspects will be a prank. She gives in, but the night goes horribly wrong. Everyone in school believes she’s to blame; the only surviving witness is institutionalized, and the phantom keeps haunting her. Her quest for answers unveils a deeper connection to the phenomena she never imagined. Josie learns some secrets are better left unknown.