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Children's Book of the Month

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"Thunderous and terrifying. There's no way you're putting this down until you get to the last page." Maureen Johnson, NYT bestselling author

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Abike-Iyimide

A haunting and compulsive new dark academia mystery of secrets, lies and revenge, from the award-winning, bestselling author of Ace of Spades, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.

Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Maureen Johnson. This was a mistake, the voice in her head whispered.

You should never have come... Sade Hussein is the new girl at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy.

She has no idea...

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Meet the Author

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, international bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spades. She is an avid tea drinker and an English Literature graduate from a Scottish university. She recently completed an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King’s College, London.

Ace of Spades, Faridah’s debut, charted at No. 2 in the UK Children’s & YA Chart in 2021. The novel delves into the heart of institutionalised racism with a blistering social commentary on the barriers that Black students face when they aspire to things that come easily to their white classmates.

Faridah’s latest novel, Where Sleeping Girls Lie, is a haunting and compulsive contemporary mystery of secrets, lies and revenge. “Mean Girls with murder”, it’s perfect for fans of Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and is set in a fictional elite English boarding school.

In 2024 Faridah is an official World Book Day author with The Doomsday Date and in June she co-authors romcom Four Eids and a Funeral with YA Book Prize-winner, Adiba Jaigirdar.

When she isn't spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney Channel original movies.

Find out more at: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (faridahabikeiyimide.com); @faridahlikestea

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