So I intentionally made both Max and Ver multicultural, because I think that’s something a lot of teens can relate to,” says the author. “I’m Polish and Puerto Rican, and growing up, I never read a book featuring a character like me. Soon, a cult worshipping death spreads, and Vera and Max must race to save not only his mother, but an entire town that hates the Martinez family. While Vera doesn’t want to be like her demonologist parents, it’s hard to say no when Maxwell comes to her claiming something’s very wrong with his mother. The book features two multicultural main characters, Maxwell Oliver and Vera Martinez, living in a New England town plagued by tragedy. Small Town Monsters is being described as The Conjuring meets The Vow. While Rodriguez Wallach has published six previous YA novels, Small Town Monsters marks her first horror novel and her first with major publisher, Random House. Stine book from the Ridley Library,” says Rodriguez Wallach. I remember taking out every Christopher Pike and R.L. The book, a young adult horror novel, comes out just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month and the start of the Halloween season. RIDLEY TOWNSHIP - Ridley High School Alum Diana Rodriguez Wallach published her seventh teen novel, “Small Town Monsters,” earlier this month.
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