This atmospheric young adult novel will leave you breathless with palpable drama and a haunting mystery.

“[A] poetic young-adult debut.”—The Los Angeles Times

“Eerie and gripping and told with lush and inviting scenes, Imaginary Girls will haunt its readers.”—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for. After a night with Ruby’s friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers a dead body floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away—away from home, away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns home at last, she finds a shocking surprise. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, she finds herself walking a precarious and deadly tightrope between what’s real and what lurks beneath the surface.