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Dead Is the New Black

Marlene Perez (2008)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesDaisy Giordano #1
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.97

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Hero archetypes

First Boyfriend

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of WaterReluctant Hero

Synopsis

While dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Daisy Giordano, daughter and sister of psychics but herself a "normal," attempts to help her mother discover who is behind a series of bizarre attacks on teenage girls in their little town of Nightshade, California.

Is Dead Is the New Black appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Light paranormal mystery featuring a teen investigating attacks on girls in her psychic family's town. Romance limited to first boyfriend territory; supernatural mystery includes mild peril but no graphic content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy this fun mix of high school drama, cheerleading chaos, and supernatural mystery-solving with a relatable heroine who's 'normal' in a psychic family.

Tags

MysteryContemporary FantasyParanormalSmall Town