From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.

Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high school graduation. Each is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter that reads, You promised.

It has been fifteen years since the summer that changed their lives, and they're anxious to find out why Brandi called them back, especially when they vowed never to return.

But Brandi is missing. She'd been acting erratically for months, railing at whoever might listen about magic all around them. About a power they can't see. And about strange houses that appear only when you need them . . .

Told in two enthralling timelines, The Wonder State is a gorgeous, immersive, speculative Gothic tale about searching for home. Sara Flannery Murphy has created another brilliant, genre-blurring novel--an adventure story laced with nostalgia, exploring belonging and the lasting power of community.

Author: Sara Flannery Murphy
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: MCD
Published: 07/18/2023
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780374601775


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2023 pg. 19
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2023
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2023

About the Author
Sara Flannery Murphy is the author of The Possessions and Girl One. She grew up in Arkansas and received her MFA in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in Utah with her husband and two sons.