SCHOOL SPIRITS

BY RACHEL HAWKINS
SERIES: A HEX HALL NOVEL
DISNEY HYPERION

Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy's mom decides they need to take a break. Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it’s not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined to prove her worth and investigate. Can Izzy trust her new friends to help find the secret behind the hauntings before more people get hurt?

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Quick Facts:
Was a high school English teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She lives with her family in Alabama. To the best of her knowledge, Rachel is not a witch, though some of her former students may disagree.

Celebrity Lookalike:I've had an obsession with red hair since I read Anne of Green Gables as a little girl, so I would LOVE to look like Karen Gillan from Doctor Who. Prettiest Hair In All The Land!
Motto: Everything will be okay in the end; if it's not okay, it's not the end.
5 Must Reads:
1) Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes
2) Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty
3) Melina Marchetta's Finnikin of the Rock
4) Lois Duncan's Lost in Time
5) Robin Benway's Audrey, Wait!
The one thing your author can’t live without: I got a fancy new phone that I'm preeetttty sure can figure out cold fusion and reorder time, so here lately, that's my Can't Live Without. Oh, and you know, my family and stuff.