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  • The Accident Season, Moïra Fowley-Doyle
    Kathy Dawson, 9780525429487, August 18, 2015 (Young Adult)

    Once a year, every year, Cara's relatively normal life gets a little dangerous. Her mother locks away knives, pads sharp corners, and avoids anything potentially dangerous -- but Cara and her family always manage to sustain an unusual number of injuries all the same. Is the accident season real? And why does it happen just to them? Moïra Fowley-Doyle builds an eerie but familiar world, full of the ordinary -- intense crushes, best friends, the best parties, jealousies, dreams, and family ties -- and the not-quite-normal. Dreamy and magical but grounded and dark, Fowley-Doyle's coming-of-age tale is a haunting, sweet, lyrical debut.

    Molly Templeton, WORD Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)

    Every October, Cara and her family are subject to accidents, injuries, even death. Family curse or coincidence, no one really knows or cares to investigate. Cara, dealing with all the typical high school issues, gets swept up in the disappearance of her classmate Elsie. And to tempt the fates, she and her siblings are going to throw the most outrageous Halloween party ever. Mystery infused with magical realism and self-realization tinged with a touch of romance, it is clear that this October is going to be different. Set in Ireland, this book has a moody, dark feel to it, peppered with moments of color and light. Fowley-Doyle turns this October tale into the must-read book of the fall!  I couldn't put it down.

    Margaret Brennan Neville, The King's English (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Cara’s splintered family can’t explain the accidents, ranging from minor scrapes and burns to serious trauma, that begin every October. While the unexplained goes on around Cara, family secrets and tragic pasts begin to reveal the ghostly origin of the Accident Season. Expertly written, THE ACCIDENT SEASON lies at the intersection of the real and the magical, the tragic and the miraculous, the bone-chilling and the tender. It’s a lyrical, haunting story that will leave you thinking long after the last page.

    Amy Oelkers, Red Balloon Bookshop (St. Paul, MN)

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