As I Descended
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780062409232
Pages
384 pages
Genre
supernatural
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are Acheron Academy's power couple. Only one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. And Lily and Maria are willing to do anything to keep Delilah from winning the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. Together, Maria and Lily harness the dark power long rumored to be present on the former plantation that houses their school. When feuds turn to fatalities, and madness begins to blur the distinction between what's real and what's imagined, the girls must find a way to stop what they started.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL670L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Gay/Lesbian; Physical disability; lesbian; lesbian teenager; gay; gay teenager; same-sex relationship; chronic pain; mobility; crutches user
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
LGBTQ+
lesbian females; gay males
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017 Ages 14 and Older
Best of the Best Books, 2016 Teen Fiction
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2016
Rainbow List, 2018 Young Adult Fiction
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Young Adult (Speculative Fiction)
Keywords
teenagers; Ouija board; spiritualism; high school; thrillers; Macbeth; Stanford; prep school; secret romance; scholarship; plantation
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Talley, Robin, "As I Descended" (2016). Diverse Families. 1287.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1287