Sixteen-year-old Nora Grey struggles to face the truth while coping with having a fallen angel boyfriend named Patch and unraveling the mystery surrounding her father's death.

"[Narrator Emily] Shaffer gives an outstanding performance of this story with exciting character voicing variations and creating a memorable character in Shae." — Booklist

A stunning and timely debut from activist Dylan Farrow, Hush is a powerful feminist fantasy full of surprising insights, that casts a ray of light into the shadows of a society based on silencing and lies.
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If I can keep Hush Note's leading guitarist, Nixon Winters, on the straight and narrow for the next six months, I'll finally get my own band to manage-assuming we don't kill each other first. The egotistical, irritating rock star is fresh out of rehab, but it's obvious his demons followed him home-and now I'm sleeping down the hall. I've watched him self-destruct every summer, and with album deadlines and tour dates looming, I can't let it happen...

Patch and Nora have overcome the secrets that existed in Patch's past, faced tests of betrayal and trust, and fallen in love, and when a villain threatens everything they have, the couple must rely on their faith in each other to win the fight.

"In the land of Montane, language is literal magic to the select few who possess the gift of Telling. This power is reserved for the Bards, and the Bards have almost always been men. Shae has lived her entire life in awe of the Bards-- and afraid of the Blot, a deadly disease spread by ink, which took the life of her younger brother five years ago. When her mother is found murdered with a golden dagger-- a weapon used only by the Bards-- Shae is forced...

High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own instincts.

"Using the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Ra's al Ghul as his own private pawns, the enigmatic man known only as Hush makes Batman, Robin and Nightwing endure a series of torturous mental and physical attacks. But it is not until Batman learns his mysterious assailant's true identity that he suffers his greatest defeat and betrayal." --