Publisher's Synopsis
The Dark Within Us brings an inventive, funny and quirky reimagining of a modern version of hell.
When homeless schoolgirl, Jenny, meets demon, Luc, they make a dangerous pact. Both have been scarred by the same childhood event - the day Jenny's soul was stolen by Luc's father.
Now Luc has promised to return it, but can a demon be trusted? Jenny must find the courage to follow Luc into Hell and save him from the darkness that waits.
- The stunning debut novel from the Times/Chicken House Children's Competition 2022 Chairman's Choice Prize winner, Jess Popplewell.
- Draws on the author's own experience of homelessness, making this a powerful authentic story.
- Dante's Inferno meets Euphoria in this fresh contemporary YA.
