Fairly Strange - Susie Mattox

Cat Turner has already died once-and the truth of that night is a secret she guards as fiercely as the angels she sketches in a forgotten Confederate cemetery. Moving to Alabama was supposed to be a clean slate, a chance to outrun the whispers, the betrayal, the fire, and the memories that destroyed her family.

But Cat's past isn't the only thing haunting her.

A strange boy appears among the graves, barefoot and solemn, speaking of things he should not know, asking for help, then fading with the dusk like smoke on a long forgotten battlefield. .

When a reckless accident steals her sketchbook-and a series of paranormal events erupts at the hotel where she and her mother live-Cat is forced to confront the truth she's been avoiding: running won't save her. Not from the town's secrets. Not from the past. And not from the darkness she carries inside.

A story about trauma, truth, and the courage it takes to come back to life-twice.