The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (S&S/Saga Press), picked by Bookseller Lori
The Reformatory is a novelized account of the Dozier School and all of the horrors perpetrated against its residents. Set in the time of the Jim Crow south, a 12-year-old boy sentenced to the school finds that his ability to see and speak to ghosts takes him on a dark journey to the true violent history of the school.
A horror masterpiece that will stay with you long after you finish the book.
~ Lori
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