Over My Dead Body

Written & illustrated by Sweeney Boo

A girl vanishes before Samhain, leading Abby into a web of secrets and forbidden woods.

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240 pages

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As Samhain approaches, Abby's friend Noreen vanishes, and the academy's focus shifts to festival preparations. Unwilling to accept the Coven's reassurances, Abby embarks on a quest for answers. Her search uncovers hidden truths and eerie parallels to a past disappearance. Drawn to the forbidden woods, Abby must confront the mysteries lurking within. Will she unravel the secrets before it's too late?

From the publisher

Fans of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will love diving into the mysterious and witchy world of award-nominated creator Sweeney Boo. Enchanting full-color illustrations will be sure to charm readers as they explore the halls of Younwity’s Institute of Magic and the forbidden forest that lies beyond.In the days leading up to Samhain, the veil between the world of the dead and the living is at its thinnest.One day, everything was exactly as it was supposed to be. And the next, the closest thing Abby ever had to a sister, Noreen, was just… gone.Distracted by the annual preparations for the Samhain festival, Abby’s classmates are quick to put Noreen’s disappearance aside. The Coven will find her, Abby’s friends say. They have it under control.But Abby can’t let it go. Soon a search for answers leads her down a rabbit hole that uncovers more secrets than Abby can handle. As mounting evidence steers her toward the off-limits woods that surround the academy, she begins to see that Noreen’s disappearance mysteriously has a lot in common with another girl who went missing all those years ago…

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