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Possessions Series

Nancy Holder
Long ago, someone on the Marlwood campus made a grave mistake, and a lot of girls died. Now spirits have awoken and want to take possession of what’s theirs.
Possessions by Nancy Holder
The Evil Within by Nancy Holder
The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder

Possessions Series : Titles in Order

Book 3
In the third installment of the Possessions series, Lindsay returns for another year of boarding school—just in time for her supposed mental breakdown.

“Hip, modern, gothic. Lindsay is a wonderful heroine—strong and smart.”—Kelly Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of the Darkest Powers trilogy

A riveting tale of teen angst and insanity, love and overpowering fear.”—Debbie Viguié, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Series

If a girl screams in the woods and no one is around to hear her, does she make a sound?

Possessions: Me
• my sanity? they think I’ve lost it.
• the ghost of Celia Reaves (with me always).

Possessions: Them
• do they know ghosts are living inside them?
• do they shed them as carelessly as their other possessions?
• hatred that’s immortal.

Lindsay wakes to find herself strapped down in the Marlwood Academy infirmary. She had a breakdown and might have tried to kill her nemesis Mandy or Mandy’s boyfriend, Troy—or both. The details are hazy, but one thing is certain: she is possessed by a spirit she cannot trust. Her disbelieving friends refuse to see the ghosts that haunt them, and Lindsay soon realizes that nowhere on campus is safe. Then, she finds a surprising ally in a former rival. Together, they must figure out who can be trusted—and who wants them dead.
Book 2
In this sequel to New York Times bestseller Possessions, Lindsay returns to the academy only to discover a chilling truth.

“Hip. Modern. Gothic.”—Kelley Armstrong, author of New York Times bestseller of the Darkest Powers trilogy

Star light, star bright, please don’t let me die tonight.

Lindsay thought she left Marlwood Academy behind for good. The girls there aren’t just mean, they’re evil—possessed by spirits of the dead. Then Lindsay discovers that she is possessed! Now she must go back to Marlwood to free herself once and for all.

But the secrets of Marlwood run deep . . . and the evil is much closer than Lindsay knows.
Book 1
At a haunted boarding school, a young teen uncovers spirits that have been buried for centuries . . . spirits that are now awake and craving vengeance.

“Possessions is the novel Stephen King would have written had he been asked to write Gossip Girl—scary as hell.”—The BookKids Blog

“Contains all the perfect elements: a mysterious force, a creepy atmosphere, a scary-mean girl with power, and a hot guy.”—The Compulsive Reader

Evil girls play deadly games . . .

Possessions: me
• one map of the creepy Marlwood campus
• a bad feeling about this place

Possessions: them
• far more than they deserve
• terrifying eyes

New girl Lindsay can’t figure out what’s going on with popular Mandy and her followers, or what Mandy’s been doing down by the dark, frozen lake. And what Lindsay doesn’t know can hurt her. Long ago, someone at Marlwood Academy made a grave mistake—and girls died because of it. Now spirits who were silent for two hundred years have woken up. They want to take possession of what’s theirs. They want revenge.

Who will be next?