Deadstream

In this sinister young adult thriller, a teen girl witnesses the livestreamed murder of a popular online influencer by a paranormal entity . . . and becomes its next victim.

“Brings horror into the digital age with a breakneck book that will keep you turning page after page.”—Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“A thoroughly terrifying and viscerally modern ghost story that explores themes of grief, identity, belonging, and the double-edged nature of social media.”—Booklist

It’s been two months since Teresa last went outside. After surviving a car accident that claimed the life of her best friend, Teresa is terrified of leaving the security of her bedroom. Since then, her only window to the outside world has been the online community she found through streaming—the friends she games with, a small following of her own, and her favorite internet personality, Brick.

But one night, Teresa’s virtual barriers start to break down when a shadowy figure appears in the background of Brick’s livestream. Over the next few days, she watches with thousands of others as his behavior mysteriously changes. And then the unspeakable happens.

As the first person to catch footage of the deadly specter, Teresa finds herself at the center of a life-and-death investigation to find out who or what this figure could be. To defeat this relentless force, she must venture beyond the mental and physical walls she’s created. But will she be able to conquer her fears before anyone else loses their life?

A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK FOR TEENS