The Steep & Thorny Way
Cat Winters
3.86 · 14 ratings · Published: 08 Mar 2016
Dramatis personae:
Hanalee Denney, daughter of a white woman and an African American man
Hank Denney, her father—a ghost
Greta Koning, Hanalee’s mother
Clyde Koning, doctor who treated Hank Denney the night he died, now Hanalee’s stepfather
Joe Adder, teenage boy convicted of accidentally killing Hank Denney
Members of the Ku Klux Klan
Townspeople of Elston, Oregon
Question: Was Hank Denney’s death an accident…or was it murder most foul?
- fantasy 4
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- retellings 3
- mystery 3
- paranormal 3
- ghosts 3
- lgbtq+ 2
- supernatural 2
- horror 2
- protagonists of colour 2
- coming of age 2
- friendship 2
- drama 2
- crime 2
- realistic 2
- suspense 1
- gothic 1
- 20th century 1
- magical realism 1
- high-school 1
- social commentary 1
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- format - reader age
- young adult 3
- book 1
- content warnings
- racism 2
- death / grief 1