There's Someone Inside Your House
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors
Published
Penguin Young Readers Group , 2017.
Status
Available from Libby/OverDrive

Available Platforms

Libby/OverDrive
Titles may be read via Libby/OverDrive. Libby/OverDrive is a free app that allows users to borrow and read digital media from their local library, including ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Users can access Libby/OverDrive through the Libby/OverDrive app or online. The app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Kindle
Titles may be read using Kindle devices or with the Kindle app.

Description

Now a Netflix Feature Film!“A heart-pounding page-turner with an outstanding cast of characters, a deliciously creepy setting, and an absolutely merciless body count.” –Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie and The ProjectA New York Times bestsellerIt’s been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother and she’s still adjusting to her new life in rural Nebraska. Then, one by one, students at her high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair.As the body count rises and the terror grows closer, can Makani survive the killer’s twisted plan?

More Details

Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
09/26/2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781101590027

Discover More

Excerpt

Loading Excerpt...

Author Notes

Loading Author Notes...

Similar Titles From NoveList

NoveList provides detailed suggestions for titles you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
These books have the appeal factors suspenseful, and they have the subjects "secrets," "teenage romance," and "teenage girls."
These books have the appeal factors suspenseful, and they have the subjects "small towns," "teenage romance," and "high schools."
These gruesome horror novels follow teen girls as they grapple with their pasts and find themselves thrust into horrifying situations (a secret society in Primal Animals and a series of murders in There's Someone Inside Your House). -- Marissa Mace
Both of these suspense-filled horror books offer a contemporary riff on time-honored slasher tropes -- especially the final girl. -- Rebecca Honeycutt
In both gruesome and suspenseful horror novels, secrets are revealed when a teen girl tries to track down a serial killer preying on her and her friends. -- Kaitlin Conner
These books have the appeal factors menacing and unputdownable, and they have the themes "small town horror," "final girls," and "moving to a haunted house"; the genre "horror"; and the subjects "small towns," "teenage romance," and "high schools."
Teens try to escape the mistakes of their pasts in these horror stories. Julie (Summer) and her friends are stalked and threatened; Makani (Someone) feels targeted as her classmates are systematically murdered. Readers will find both creepy but Someone more gruesome. -- Julie Paladino
New girls with dark pasts move to Midwestern towns where something lurks inside their houses. Although White Smoke features a haunted house and There's Someone Inside a real-life killer, both suspenseful horror books share a strong sense of place. -- Tirzah Price
These books have the themes "small town horror" and "final girls"; the genre "horror"; and the subjects "small towns," "teenage romance," and "high schools."
These books have the appeal factors gruesome, creepy, and unputdownable, and they have the themes "small town horror" and "final girls"; the genre "horror"; and the subjects "small towns," "teenage romance," and "high schools."
The merciless - Vega, Danielle
Both Makani (Someone) and Sophia (Merciless) are new in town, but find they have more to worry about than fitting in at their high schools in these horror stories. Readers will find gruesome violence, murdered teens, and secrets revealed in both. -- Julie Paladino
Though There's Someone Inside is more gruesome than Your Lonely Nights, both of these small-town-set slashers follow teens dealing with their own loneliness and fear of connection while trying to avoid becoming a killer's next victim. -- Stephen Ashley

Similar Authors From NoveList

NoveList provides detailed suggestions for other authors you might want to read if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Readers who like their love stories filled with crush-worthy characters will find plenty to swoon over in the work of both Stephanie Perkins and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Their engaging, dialogue-rich contemporary romances place sympathetic characters in intriguing settings, often portraying the heady rush of first love. -- Autumn Winters
Readers looking for small town horror will appreciate the gruesome and atmospheric novels by these authors in which teens must stop a serial killer before they become his next victims. Stephanie Perkins also writes contemporary romance, whereas Adam Cesare primarily writes horror. -- CJ Connor
Riding the line between romance, realistic fiction and chick lit, both Perkins and Dessen specialize in rich, character-driven contemporary stories that reward readers looking for a combination of realism and romance. -- Autumn Winters
These authors' works have the subjects "schools," "crushes in teenagers," and "teenage boy-girl relations."
These authors' works have the appeal factors romantic and character-driven, and they have the genre "contemporary romances"; and the subjects "teenage girls," "crushes in teenagers," and "teenage boys."
These authors' works have the subjects "boarding schools," "crushes in teenagers," and "teenage boys."
These authors' works have the appeal factors romantic, and they have the subjects "teenage girls," "boarding schools," and "schools."
These authors' works have the appeal factors romantic, and they have the subjects "boarding schools," "schools," and "crushes in teenagers."
These authors' works have the appeal factors well-crafted dialogue, and they have the subjects "teenage girls," "crushes in teenagers," and "teenage boys"; and characters that are "likeable characters" and "sarcastic characters."
These authors' works have the genre "contemporary romances"; and the subjects "teenage girls," "crushes in teenagers," and "teenage boys."
These authors' works have the appeal factors romantic and first person narratives, and they have the subjects "crushes in teenagers," "teenage boys," and "teenage boy-girl relations."
These authors' works have the appeal factors well-crafted dialogue, and they have the subjects "teenage girls," "boarding schools," and "schools."

Published Reviews

Booklist Review

The ever-popular Perkins (Isla and the Happily Ever After, 2014) takes a sharp turn out of YA romance in her latest offering, a clever and, to fans, no doubt surprising foray into the teen slasher genre. When Makani Young moved from her native Hawaii to her grandmother's house in Nebraska, she thought her biggest concerns would be fitting in, putting her troubled past behind her, and navigating her attraction to a mysterious boy. She didn't expect the students at Osborne High to start dying as murder after seemingly unconnected murder shocks the small town. And Makani certainly never expected herself to be targeted by the killer. Perkins deftly builds the suspense like a pro: an uneasy opening leads to some legitimately horrifying murders, and the identity of the killer isn't quite as important as the motivation. Diverse characters, including a transgender boy, are folded into the tale. This is the same reliable formula that spawned the Scream franchise, and Perkins wields it to great effect: readers will be sleeping with one eye open. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: This is a new direction for Perkins, but even fans wary of horror should be sucked in to this addictive read.--Reagan, Maggie Copyright 2017 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Powered by Syndetics

Publisher's Weekly Review

Raised in Hawaii, Makani Young has moved to small-town Nebraska to live with her grandmother. As her senior year begins, students at her new high school are being murdered by what looks to be a serial killer. After the first death, Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss) spaces out the killings (at first), developing Makani's story and establishing her romance with classmate Ollie, a pink-haired loner who, like Makani, has some secrets. In so doing, Perkins lulls readers into a false sense of security before twisting the knife, figuratively and literally. The murders are both grisly and psychologically unnerving, and the novel's intense realism makes them all the more disturbing; Perkins carefully weaves in everyday details that include the casual racism Makani encounters, a football player's worry about sensing symptoms of degenerative brain disease, and past events in Hawaii that Makani keeps to herself-part of the "wall of unspoken, unspeakable history" between her and Ollie. Even after the killer is identified, the body count keeps rising, leaving readers with questions of motive and where it will all end. Ages 14-up. Agent: Kate Schafer Testerman, KT Literary. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Powered by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-Makani Young has lots of secrets, and has left her home in Hawaii to live with her grandmother in a small town in Nebraska and start a new life. Makani finds good friends and falls for loner Ollie. But when her high school classmates start being brutally murdered one by one, she realizes that she may be a target and that Nebraska is not the safe haven she had hoped it would be. In this teen slasher departure from her usual YA romances (e.g., Anna and the French Kiss), Perkins mixes in enough contemporary teen drama, offbeat characters, and everyday life details to break up the tension caused by the serial murders. Bahni Turpin narrates and does a nice job putting a unique spin on each character. Listeners are drawn in as the suspense builds and the teens' fears intensify in this fast-paced audiobook. Squeamish listeners may cringe as the body count and gore factor rises towards the end. VERDICT Give this to your fans of teen horror or the Scream franchise.- Julie Paladino, formerly of East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Powered by Syndetics

Horn Book Review

Nebraska transplant and high-school senior Makani Young is still haunted by her past in Hawaii. A series of student murders, however, soon brings her secret to the foreground as the mysterious killer ultimately targets her, too. Perkins's characters are engaging and the suspense is riveting, but gratuitous slasher-gore overwhelms the story. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Powered by Syndetics

Kirkus Book Review

Someone is murdering high school students. Most freeze in fear, but a brave few try to stop the killings.Senior Makani Young has been living in corn-obsessed Nebraska for just a little over a year. She has developed a crush and made some friends, but a dark secret keeps her from truly opening up to those around her. As the only half-African-American and half-Native Hawaiian student in her school, she already stands out, but as the killing spree continues, the press descends, and rumors fly, Makani is increasingly nervous that her past will be exposed. However, the charming and incredibly shy Ollie, a white boy with hot-pink hair, a lip ring, and wanderlust, provides an excellent distraction from the horror and fear. Graphic violence and bloody mayhem saturate this high-speed slasher story. And while Makani's secret and the killer's hidden identity might keep the pages turning, this is less a psychological thriller and more a study in gore. The intimacy and precision of the killer's machinations hint at some grand psychological reveal, but lacking even basic jump-scares, this tale is high in yuck and low in fright. The tendency of the characters toward preachy inner monologues feels false. Bloody? Yes. Scary? No. (Horror. 14-16) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Powered by Syndetics

Booklist Reviews

The ever-popular Perkins (Isla and the Happily Ever After, 2014) takes a sharp turn out of YA romance in her latest offering, a clever—and, to fans, no doubt surprising—foray into the teen slasher genre. When Makani Young moved from her native Hawaii to her grandmother's house in Nebraska, she thought her biggest concerns would be fitting in, putting her troubled past behind her, and navigating her attraction to a mysterious boy. She didn't expect the students at Osborne High to start dying as murder after seemingly unconnected murder shocks the small town. And Makani certainly never expected herself to be targeted by the killer. Perkins deftly builds the suspense like a pro: an uneasy opening leads to some legitimately horrifying murders, and the identity of the killer isn't quite as important as the motivation. Diverse characters, including a transgender boy, are folded into the tale. This is the same reliable formula that spawned the Scream franchise, and Perkins wields it to great effect: readers will be sleeping with one eye open. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: This is a new direction for Perkins, but even fans wary of horror should be sucked in to this addictive read. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.

Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.
Powered by Content Cafe

Publishers Weekly Reviews

Raised in Hawaii, Makani Young has moved to small-town Nebraska to live with her grandmother. As her senior year begins, students at her new high school are being murdered by what looks to be a serial killer. After the first death, Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss) spaces out the killings (at first), developing Makani's story and establishing her romance with classmate Ollie, a pink-haired loner who, like Makani, has some secrets. In so doing, Perkins lulls readers into a false sense of security before twisting the knife, figuratively and literally. The murders are both grisly and psychologically unnerving, and the novel's intense realism makes them all the more disturbing; Perkins carefully weaves in everyday details that include the casual racism Makani encounters, a football player's worry about sensing symptoms of degenerative brain disease, and past events in Hawaii that Makani keeps to herself—part of the "wall of unspoken, unspeakable history" between her and Ollie. Even after the killer is identified, the body count keeps rising, leaving readers with questions of motive and where it will all end. Ages 14–up. Agent: Kate Schafer Testerman, KT Literary. (Sept.)

Copyright 2017 Publisher Weekly.

Copyright 2017 Publisher Weekly.
Powered by Content Cafe

School Library Journal Reviews

Gr 8 Up—In a small town in Nebraska, a series of grisly murders starts with the high school musical's star, who is found with a smiley face carved into her throat. The next one targeted is the football running back, whose head is sliced open and brain slashed. Only high school students are targeted, and recent transfer Makani Young and her friends wonder who will be next while trying to find a pattern in the victims. Meanwhile, Makani is enjoying her blossoming romance with loner Ollie, whose loner status has invited suspicion that he could be the murderer. When Makani is attacked, she and Ollie fight off and identify the attacker. The race is on for the town to catch him, and fear is everywhere. Each character is unique, which is no small feat in this large cast of victims, suspects, and other students. Makani has depth and a history that will resonate with readers. While it might seem that the killer should have been easier to stop earlier between his near misses and careless mistakes, the suspense and action make this a difficult book to put down. The plot is engaging to the very end. VERDICT Recommended for all collections where suspense is popular.—Kelly Jo Lasher, Middle Township High School, Cape May Court House, NJ

Copyright 2017 School Library Journal.

Copyright 2017 School Library Journal.
Powered by Content Cafe

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Perkins, S. (2017). There's Someone Inside Your House . Penguin Young Readers Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perkins, Stephanie. 2017. There's Someone Inside Your House. Penguin Young Readers Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perkins, Stephanie. There's Someone Inside Your House Penguin Young Readers Group, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Perkins, S. (2017). There's someone inside your house. Penguin Young Readers Group.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Perkins, Stephanie. There's Someone Inside Your House Penguin Young Readers Group, 2017.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Copy Details

CollectionOwnedAvailableNumber of Holds
Libby220

Staff View

Loading Staff View.