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Synopsis
“Very effective... a nearly perfect, claustrophobic novella. Make room for The Extra.” —The Wall Street Journal Ten people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra? The Extra is the first book in the Outsiders Sequence series. This edition features a special preview of The Other, Book Two in the Outisders Sequence. "Annie Neugebauer pedals in the same alpine paranoia as John Carpenter’s classic The Thing, manifesting a sense of dissociative anxiety that only mounts with every turn of the page. The Extra is exceptional in every way: Extra unnerving, extra eerie, extra tense. ” —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
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Is The Extra appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A tense psychological horror novella with mounting paranoia and dissociative anxiety as a group realizes there's an extra person among them. Contains moderate psychological tension and implied threat, suitable for mature teens and adults who enjoy claustrophobic suspense.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include paranoia, psychological horror, and isolation.
Who'll love this
Teens who love unsettling mysteries like The Thing will be gripped by the mounting dread as characters can't figure out who doesn't belong.