black flowers white lies by yvonne ventresca

With friends and neighbors dying all around her, Lil does everything she can just to survive. Now, she’s more alone than she’s been since the “incident” at her school months ago. With her parents called away on business before the contagious outbreak-her father in Delaware covering the early stages of the disease and her mother in Hong Kong and unable to get a flight back to New Jersey-Lil’s town is hit by what soon becomes a widespread illness and fatal disaster. When people begin coming down with a quick-spreading illness that doctors are unable to treat, Lil’s worst fears are realized. Only a few people know what caused her sudden change from model student to the withdrawn pessimist she has become, but her situation isn’t about to get any better. Unfortunately, Lilianna’s circumstances are anything but normal. Riveting and terrifyingly real with moments of hope that shine through when you least expect it, Pandemic is one that will stay with you long after you read the last page.” -Amalie Howard, author of the Alpha Goddess and Aquarathi series and the Riven ChroniclesĮven under the most normal circumstances, high school can be a painful and confusing time. What if, like her father, she's suffering a mental breakdown? In this acclaimed novel from award-winning author Yvonne Ventresca, Ella desperately needs to find answers-no matter how disturbing the truth might be.“A suspenseful, authentic, and emotional narrative makes Pandemic a gripping and powerful story. Soon the evidence points to someone else entirely: Ella herself. If it's not a warning, could her new, too-good-to-be-true boyfriend be responsible for the strange occurrences? Or maybe it's the building superintendent, who's mourning a daughter who looked like Ella? As the unexplained events become more frequent and more sinister, Ella finds herself terrified about who-or what-might harm her. When a handprint much like the one Ella left on her father's tombstone mysteriously appears on the bathroom mirror, at first she wonders if Dad is warning her of danger, as he did once before. If Ella's father lived the last days of his life in a psychiatric hospital, he couldn't have died in a tragic car accident, as her mother always claimed.

But when newfound evidence suggests that Ella's mother might be lying about how Dad died sixteen years ago, Ella begins to question everything she knows about her father-and herself.

Her father died before she was born, but Ella Benton knows they have a supernatural connection. The award-winning novel BuzzFeed called a 'suspenseful psychological thriller definitely won't disappoint' is now available in paperback!Ī 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Winner!

Black flowers white lies by yvonne ventresca