{"product_id":"cry-havoc","title":"Cry Havoc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP! \u003cem\u003eCry Havoc\u003c\/em\u003e is a fever worth catching, a gloomy and gorgeous pleasure.\" -- Maggie Thrash, author of \u003cem\u003eRainbow Black\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA humorous dark academia novel, set in a failing English girls' school in the 1980s, in which a teen running from her past becomes immersed in a dangerous and intriguing mystery involving a shady new teacher and a strange contagion afflicting her classmates.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing Scotland after a humiliating family scandal, sixteen-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school situated on the remote south English coast. Her new Headmistress--an eccentric woman obsessed with the Cold War and nuclear annihilation--seems surprised that the young woman accepted her offer, but Ida feels that St. Anne's could be a refuge--until she discovers that her roommate, the infamous Louise Adler, is a potential arsonist and hardened outcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIda barely has time to make a good impression (or figure out what Louise's deal is) when Matthew Langfield, a new teacher, arrives. While the girls are all desperately intrigued to find out everything about him - after all, who takes a job at \u003cem\u003eSt. Anne's\u003c\/em\u003e? - the school's geography teacher, Eleanor Alston, has an uneasy feeling that he is not who he says he is. And things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Are some of the girls faking these fits? Could someone be poisoning them? Is Matthew Langfield a smooth-tongued liar? Will Louise set the school on fire, or push a girl out of a window. . . again? And is Ida's past going to catch up with her, despite doing everything to keep it secret?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpertly melding the cloying atmosphere and eerie mystery of \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSecret History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNinth House\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Fever\u003c\/em\u003e with the sharp wit and delightful absurdity of \u003cem\u003eDerry Girls, Cry Havoc\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling literary introduction to a whip smart, clever, and elegant writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Wait","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47279102755052,"sku":"9780063473133","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780063473133.jpg?v=1770260523","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/cry-havoc","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}