Bethany, a beautiful and popular teen hangs herself the night before Halloween. Her devoted sister follows her into a frozen death, and a city where trees bleed along the banks of a river of blood. Meanwhile, Addy is visiting from Montreal, determined that Natalie's mother will give birth to her baby while she is there.

Consider a baby born in a snowstorm, one girl who never sleeps and another who craves blood, ghostly footprints and dangling corpses, New Year's fireworks and an unexpected kiss, all tied to a legendary queen who lives in the hidden center of Suicide City.

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Kevin Marc Fourier was born and raised in Winnipeg. His first book, Sandbag Shuffle, won the 2008 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.

"the lively dialogue helps to reveal the personalities of all the characters." - CM Magazine

"The author skillfully paints a vivid picture of two worlds, one utterly real, the other grotesquely fantastical; each one a perfect counter balance to the other." - Jury, McNally Robinson Book for Young People