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💫 Title: What We Buried ✍️ Author: Kate A. Boorman 🎭 Genre: Young Adult Psychological Thriller / Mystery / Suspense 🌶️ Spice Level: 🌶️ (Low. No explicit sexual content; contains mature themes including family dysfunction, psychological trauma, and violence.) 📝 The Vibe: Sibling road trip 🚗 • Missing parents ❓ • Desert mystery 🌵 • Unreliable memories 🧠 • Mind-bending psychological suspense 😵‍💫 What We Buried is a twisty YA psychological thriller that blends family drama with mystery and surreal suspense. Told through alternating viewpoints, it explores how trauma can distort memory and how long-buried secrets can resurface in unexpected ways. 📚 Summary: Liv Brewer, a former child beauty queen and reality TV personality, and her older brother, Jory, have spent years resenting each other. While Liv grew up in the spotlight, Jory—who has partial facial paralysis caused by Moebius syndrome—was largely overlooked by their parents. On the day Liv appears in court seeking emancipation from her parents, their mother and father suddenly disappear. Convinced they can find them, Liv and Jory set off on a road trip across the Nevada desert. As the siblings search for answers, strange events, fractured memories, and long-hidden family secrets blur the line between reality and illusion. To uncover the truth about their parents' disappearance, they'll have to confront not only each other, but the painful past they've both tried to bury. 📚 Reader Notes: Standalone YA psychological thriller Alternating POV between siblings Mystery with psychological and surreal elements Family dysfunction at the core Unreliable memories and reality-bending twists Road trip through the Nevada desert Themes of trauma, identity, forgiveness, and truth Great for fans of Karen M. McManus, Natasha Preston, and Courtney Summers 📦 Bookseller Note: May have a black or red overstock mark on the edges or cover from previous retail inventory.