More information about her books, feline overlords, and out-of-control action figure collection can be found at Book Details Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste. All I ever wanted was to get out of this crap town and away from my messed-up family, and instead it looks like I'm gonna have to use every scrap of magic in this joint or there won't be any family left to leave behind.Laura Bickle is the author of the YA novels The Hallowed Ones and The Outside (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), as well as The Wildlands series with Harper Voyager. Buy a cheap copy of The Hallowed Ones book by Laura Bickle. And Lily next door.I shouldn't even be thinking about Lily. Dad made a deal with the wrong end of the dark side to save grandpops' life, putting my whole family smack dab between the forces of evil and our friendly local blow-your-pawn-shop-to-smithereens mobsters. So it wasn't all sunshine, roses, and possessed samurai swords even before grandpops' heart attack - but now things are garden-gnome levels of bad. Now try picking up any random object and seeing its creeptastic history play out right before your eyes - yup, that's my little 'gift.' It's my job to sort out what's haunted and hexed from what's not, and do my best to keep all of us - including Bert, our ice-cream-truck-driving-lizard demon - employed. You think running a pawn shop full of cursed objects with your dad and grandpops is cool? Try it for a week and get back to me. You can hock almost anything at my family's pawn shop.even your own soul. It left me wanting more, so much more.' - readergirlsblog.For fans of Stranger Things and the works of Neil Gaiman, Pawned is a Young Adult novel that blends dark fantasy adventure and noir - on the New Jersey boardwalk. Laura Bickle's debut novel for young adults has quickly become my favorite dystopian novel of 2012. 'Tight pacing, suspenseful scenes, Wow! moments of tension, and exposure into a world I knew little about, The Hallowed Ones is an exciting, terse read.

Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely Books 'What an eerily believable, unique story! I can't stop thinking about itor shivering.'

Katie is an unbreakable soul.' - Lauren DeStefano, New York Times Bestselling author of the Chemical Garden Trilogy I began reading in the daylight, and read on into the late hours, leaning close, biting my lip. 'This is a book to make you fear the shadowsa horrifying and gruesome tale of faith, and things that blink red eyes in the night. 'Katie's an original character, and her thoughtful rebellion makes her an interesting addition to supernatural fictions's gallery of strong heroines.' - Bulletin 'Readers will find it hard to put down this suspenseful, scary, compulsively readable adventure.' - Kirkus Reviews

The hallowed ones by laura bickle