![]() ![]() ![]() When she finds a rift into the darkness, she feels strangely drawn to it, and goes through. And Eden discovers these weren't drawn from imagination, but from real life. Her mother left behind a sketchbook full of terrifying images-monsters, strange and spooky children, and more. Not only does Eden find love from her kin in this beautiful island full of history, but discovers it's dark side, a darkness that was the reason her mother and grandmother left when her mother was still a girl. ![]() But after her mother dies, her father takes her to see her family there. Eden's Everdark, by Karen Strong ( September 6th 2022,Simon & Schuster), is a creepy ghostly middle grade horror story but that being said, it is also a story of love and grief, family and history.Įden's mother never took her to visit Safina Island off the Georgia Coast, home to generations of her family who were first enslaved there and then made it their own place, where they owned land and became a strong community. ![]()
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