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When a series of mysterious tics and other symptoms strikes girls at Danvers High, the small town of Danvers, Massachusetts, erupts into rumors and fear. Colleen, one of the affected students, traces the outbreak back to the Salem Village epidemic that plagued a group of girls three centuries earlier. As the community grapples with social pressures and school tensions, friendship becomes a crucial lifeline amid the rising hysteria.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Horror/Psychological Horror
Authors: Katherine Howe
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