In 1964, young Alaska Native Jenny Adjuk mysteriously fell to her death from the roof of the infamous Elmer Lee House, a boarding school in Silver Lake, Alaska. The school was shut down soon after, left abandoned along with its secrets.Sixty years later, journalism student Mare Mason discovers Jenny's forgotten story. When the abandoned school reopens as a "haunted hotel," Mare takes a job there, determined to expose the owners for exploiting Jenny's death.Former social media star Kat Howard also joins the staff, hoping the hotel's eerie past can help her escape her own.Mare and Kat clash from the moment they meet. But strange things start happening-unexplained noises echo through the walls, Kat begins seeing visions of Jenny's ghost, and a murder rocks the nearby Denali National Park. As the town whispers that Jenny's restless spirit is responsible, Mare and Kat are forced to confront their growing attraction-and the reality that something far more sinister may be at play. Frances Lucas discovered her passion for young adult novels through her students, establishing an after-school book club and free little library in her classroom. She taught animation, technology, and filmmaking in Anchorage Alaska for many years and cofounded the Black Bear Film Festival for middle and high school students in 2012. She now lives in Southern Colorado with her wife and dogs and spends her days writing, reading, and exploring Colorado's many small mountain towns.
