Don't Let the Forest In meets The Whispering Dark in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets.
When Cassie Davis returns to her hometown in upstate New York, eager to mask her autism diagnosis from her old friends, tensions rise. On a backpacking trip to celebrate her homecoming, Cassie wakes to an abandoned campsite and discovers an off-the-grid compound called the Roost. Here she finds an enigmatic boy named Kaleb who makes Cassie feel, for the first time, as if she truly belongs. But at what price?
In a world where autistic characters rarely get to be the hero of their own stories, Cassie Davis's one-step-back, two-steps-forward journey to unmasking makes Hollow as much a love letter to neurodiversity as it is a haunting tale you'll want to read with the lights on.
Read if You Love:
* Don't Go in the Woods
* Deadly Road Trips
* CottageGORE
* Malevolent Masks
* Cults
* Nerd-core
* Wound-tending
* First Love
| ISBN: | 9781529533194 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2025 |
| Author: | Taylor Grothe |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
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Don't Let the Forest In meets The Whispering Dark in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets.
When Cassie Davis returns to her hometown in upstate New York, eager to mask her autism diagnosis from her old friends, tensions rise. On a backpacking trip to celebrate her homecoming, Cassie wakes to an abandoned campsite and discovers an off-the-grid compound called the Roost. Here she finds an enigmatic boy named Kaleb who makes Cassie feel, for the first time, as if she truly belongs. But at what price?
In a world where autistic characters rarely get to be the hero of their own stories, Cassie Davis's one-step-back, two-steps-forward journey to unmasking makes Hollow as much a love letter to neurodiversity as it is a haunting tale you'll want to read with the lights on.
Read if You Love:
* Don't Go in the Woods
* Deadly Road Trips
* CottageGORE
* Malevolent Masks
* Cults
* Nerd-core
* Wound-tending
* First Love
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Hollow and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Hollow features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Horror & Ghost Stories, Thrillers, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Adventure Stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups), Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE)
Hollow is available in Paperback
Hollow was written by Taylor Grothe and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Hollow has 352 pages
£8.99
