Sunday, December 4, 2016

Hilariously scary

Damico, G. (2016). Wax. New York, NY. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0544633155; Hardback; $17.99 (also available in paperback and e-book)

Paraffin, Vermont is known for it’s world famous Grosholtz Candle Company and it’s 17 year old viral video embarrassment, Poppy Palladino. Poppy is tormented by a school bully about her reality TV singing flop constantly and when he goes too far and dresses a wax figure as her, she decides to get even by finding who made the lifelike wax figure to begin with. Her investigation into the origin of this wax figure leads her to a very weird realization that maybe these wax figures are more than just wax and maybe some of the townspeople are slightly less human than she once thought. With the help of a suddenly animated wax figure named Dud, she resolves to find out what’s really going on in Paraffin and hopefully save the townspeople while she’s at it - if she can avoid getting replaced with a wax replica herself.

If you love funny horror, this is definitely a great book for you!
Check out the author's website: https://ginadamico.wordpress.com/

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