They Bloom at Night

Hardcover

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Trang Thanh Tran crafts a harrowing story about a teen searching for a future where she can finally be free . . .

A red algae bloom has taken over Mercy, Louisiana, ever since a devastating hurricane hit. Mutated wildlife lurks in the water that rises by the day, but Mercy has always been a place where monsters walk in plain sight. Especially at its heart: the Cove, where Noon’s life was upended long before the storm at a party.

Now, Noon is stuck navigating the submerged town with her grieving mom. Alone with the pain of what happened, Noon buries the truth: she is not the right shape.

When Mercy’s predatory leader demands Noon and her mom catch the creature drowning residents, she reluctantly finds an ally in his deadly hunter of a daughter and friends old and new. But the next storm approaches, and Noon must confront the past and decide if it’s time to answer the monster itching at her skin.

Author

Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and an instant New York Times bestseller. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging, and the Vietnamese diaspora. They grew up in a big family in Philadelphia, then abandoned degrees in sociology and public health to tell stories in Georgia. When not writing, they can be found overcaffeinating on iced coffee and watching zombie movies.

Praise

"Tran weaves a pulsing-pounding climate disaster thriller." —Publishers Weekly

"The author's brilliant, visceral descriptions slink over the skin and dig into the marrow." —Shelf Awareness

"Tran succeeds in creating a moving contemplation on queerness and gender identity, the immigrant experience, and moving beyond survival to fight back against oppressors." —Booklist, starred review

"Tran’s adeptness with body horror resurfaces in this sophomore novel . . . A strange and grisly tale of what we can survive to get closer to our truest selves, deeply infused with ­Vietnamese cultural concepts." —SLJ, starred review

"The atmospheric, immersive descriptions of the setting underscore the vital symbiotic relationship between human and nature that gets ignored in the pursuit of capitalistic extraction." —Horn Book

"The thematic horror elements are beautifully executed, anchored in Noon’s pensive voice." —BCCB

Product Details

ISBN: 9781547611119