You're not supposed to die tonight

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Charity has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity’s co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity’s role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they’ll need figure out what this killer is after. As they unravel the bloody history of the real Mirror Lake, Charity discovers that there may be more to the story than she ever suspected . . . -- Amazon.

Physical Description:

230 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Paranormal fiction.

Horror fiction.

Subject Term:

Summer employment -- Fiction.

Camps -- Fiction.

Games -- Fiction.

Role playing -- Fiction.

Fear -- Fiction.

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Lesbian youth -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781547611546

Publication Information:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2023.

Call Number:

YA BAYRON

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Instant New York Times bestseller!

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?

This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street .

Charity has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake . The more realistic the fear, the better for business.

But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need figure out what this killer is after. As they unravel the bloody history of the real Mirror Lake, Charity discovers that there may be more to the story than she ever suspected . . .

Author Notes

Kalynn Bayron is the bestselling author of young adult novels Cinderella Is Dead , This Poison Heart , and This Wicked Fate and the middle grade novel The Vanquishers , and is a classically trained vocalist. She grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. When she's not writing you can find her listening to Ella Fitzgerald on loop, attending the theater, watching scary movies, and spending time with her kids. She currently lives in Ithaca, New York with her family.

www.kalynnbayron.com
@KalynnBayron

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 10 Up--Graphic content warning here: with detailed slashings and multiplying corpses, gore fans won't be disappointed. Actor Tedla makes her audiobook debut--albeit with a less-than-stellar production team too lazy or inexperienced to clean up noticeably clumsy after-original-recording insertions and errant clicking noises. Glitches aside, Tedla admirably, steadfastly exudes enormous, addictive energy. Bayron's early exposition initially drags, setting up why Charity asks her girlfriend and another close friend for help during the final days of her summer job at Camp Mirror Lake's interactive horror show--but as night falls, of course, the true fright fest kicks in. Tedla is consistently convincing, as the teens run from an old woman with a rifle, masked strangers, a murderous owl, bloody sacrifice--with no cell service. VERDICT The fear is real: Tedla's expertly modulated adrenaline spikes will likely eclipse technical irritants.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Frightening thrills and bloody kills abound in this meta twist on classic horror films from Bayron (This Wicked Fate). Black teenage lesbian Charity has spent the last few summers as a counselor at Camp Mirror Lake, a terror-simulation experience in which guests pay to be scared by participating in recreations of scenes from the 1980s cult classic The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. After two years playing insignificant characters, Charity can't wait to embody the coveted Final Girl in the camp's send-off game. But when her fellow counselors start disappearing and menacing figures are spotted lurking around the lake, the game begins to feel way too real. Charity, her girlfriend Bezi, and the rest of her coworkers find themselves fighting for their lives over the course of one horrifying night that offers no promise of survival. Rushed exposition and a racially diverse but little utilized supporting cast dampen the novel's clever, audience-winking start and ambitious trope subversions. Nevertheless, Bayron's abundant use of familiar twists and turns draw on the genre's classic predecessors to craft a gory and darkly funny read that is sure to satisfy slasher fans. Ages 14--up. Agent: Jamie Vankirk, Rainbow Nerds Literary. (June)