The Dead House

Dawn Kurtagich

Sep 2015 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Welcome to the Dead House.   Three students: dead.   Carly Johnson: vanished without a trace.   Two decades have passed since an inferno swept through Elmbridge High, claiming the lives of three teenagers and causing one student, Carly Johnson, to disappear. The main suspect: Kaitlyn, "the girl of nowhere."   Kaitlyn's diary, discovered in the ruins of Elmbridge High, reveals the thoughts of a disturbed mind. Its charred pages tell a sinister version of events that took place that tragic night, and the girl of nowhere is caught in the center of it all. But many claim Kaitlyn doesn't exist, and in a way, she doesn't - because she is the alter ego of Carly Johnson.   Carly gets the day. Kaitlyn has the night. It's during the night that a mystery surrounding the Dead House unravels and a dark, twisted magic ruins the lives of each student that dares touch it.   Debut author Dawn Kurtagich masterfully weaves together a thrilling and terrifying story using psychiatric reports, witness testimonials, video footage, and the discovered diary – and as the mystery grows, the horrifying truth about what happened that night unfolds.

Ratings and reviews

Way to drawn out, 400+ pages was to much for the short story, didnt like how they jumped from the past to the future, to the past so much. Story line would be just the same if they kept it order. Ending was foolish and a disappointment

I could not for the life of me get my hands off of this book! The library was calling a million times telling me I had to return it cause I didn't want to!!!

I could not put this down. It was engaging from beginning to end. When it was over I was so sad because I wanted more. I enjoyed how you can decide for yourself what's going on or not going on. I will definitely be reading it again.

About the author

Dawn Kurtagich is a young writer of psychologically sinister fiction, and she has a dark and twisted imagination! She lives in Wales, an ancient and mountainous country within the UK (go to England's Midlands and turn left towards the sea). However, she grew up all over the world, predominantly in Africa. She writes and blogs for YA Scream Queens and is a member of the YA League. She is the author of The Dead House and its companion novella, The Dead House: The Naida Tapes.