The Visitors

Written by Yamile Saied Méndez Justina Ireland , and Hanna Alkaf

Book #3 in the Tales From Cabin 23 series

A boy uncovers a town's chilling secret while haunted by guilt and shadows.

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240 pages· 51,504 words· Est. 7 hour read· ~830L

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Gen Farías, burdened by guilt over his brother's arrest, moves to the mysterious town of Los Astros. As he grapples with his own demons, Gen discovers the town's eerie traditions and unsettling tales of missing children. What dark secrets lie beneath its picturesque surface? With shadows lurking and time running out, Gen must unravel the truth before it's too late. Can he confront the past and save those he loves, or will the town's secrets consume him?

From the publisher

Pura Belpré Award–winning author Yamile Saied Méndez spins a tale of a boy who moves to a small town only to discover a chilling secret hidden just under its surface in the third book in the hit Tales from Cabin 23 series.

Welcome to Cabin 23: A cursed place, deep in the woods, where only the most terrifying tales can be heard…

When Gen Farías’s brother, Lorenzo, is arrested, everything changes. Gen’s neighbors look at him and his family with suspicion, his parents are distraught, and no one will tell Gen what’s happening. But the worst part is what only Gen knows: It’s all his fault. If he hadn’t forgotten to leave their bedroom window unlatched the night of Lorenzo’s arrest, maybe his brother would have never been caught. Guilt haunts Gen—guilt, and a terrifying shadow that crouches each night on the tree branch outside his window, watching him with penetrating eyes.

With summer vacation starting, Gen’s parents decide it might be best to get Gen out of the city for a while, and so they move to the small town of Los Astros, a beautiful village in the mountains where his mother’s tío once lived. But Gen can’t leave his troubles behind, and he soon finds that the town has its own troubles beneath its idyllic façade: creepy wicker figures that everyone keeps on their lawns, strange tales of children who go missing or worse. Los Astros has a secret—one Gen must uncover before it’s too late.

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