A Room away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma

Bina is being temporarily kicked out of her home because she doesn’t get along with her step-sisters. Her mom insists it will only be for a month, that Bina can just go stay with family friends. But Bina has other plans. 

When Bina’s mom Dawn was her age, she stayed at the Catherine House in New York City, a boarding house for girls who needed a refuge from anything rough going on in their lives. Bina decides that she wants to stay in the Catherine House too. 

But when she gets to the Catherine House, things get weird. The Catherine House’s namesake, a girl named Catherine, died several years ago but a large picture of Catherine looms in the house. And sometimes it seems to move. And maybe Bina saw something that could be Catherine’s ghost. And sometimes the other girls in the house and the house’s caretaker say ominous things about not being able to leave. But if they can’t leave, how did Bina’s mom leave eighteen years ago? And how will Bina ever be able to leave now? 

This book is strange and mysterious and will leave you wondering what the heck just happened! I definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in contemporary novels with a mysterious and paranormal twist. 

Darcy Lepore
Library Director

Available at the Langley Adams Library