We are thrilled to be revealing the cover for Kate Anderson’s Lonely Places, which follows sixteen-year-old Chase who wants normalcy—for herself and for her little sister, Guthrie. But when their ever-on-the-move parents relocate them to a lookout in an eerie forest after a traumatic incident, Chase realizes something sinister is after Guthrie and only she seems aware enough to fight it.
Releasing on October 29th from Flux Books, Lonely Places can be added to your Goodreads and it’s now available to pre-order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or North Star Editions (where you can get 30% off fall release pre-orders using code FALL2024 and free shipping when you spend over $100!).
Before we get to the big reveal, read on to see what Kate thought about her cover, which was created by illustrator Kelsey Oseid and designer Kate Liestman.
“I had a very clear vision of what I wanted for the cover of Lonely Places from the very beginning, and I was thrilled with how the illustrator Kelsey Oseid brought the aspen grove setting of Pando to life. The design team did such a fabulous job creating the title treatment, which is what I think really sets this cover apart. There’s more to it than what you first see–secrets hidden in the trees, just like in Pando–and I can’t wait to reveal the rest of the illustration later on!”
After a traumatic experience steals her younger sister Guthrie’s voice, sixteen-year-old Chase and her family move to an isolated fire lookout in Pando, a grove of Aspen tree clones connected by a massive underground root system. The lookout is supposed to give the family stability after years spent traveling the country in a converted school bus, but all Chase wants is to go back to the hometown they fled eight years ago.
When Chase gets a job at a nearby summer camp, she learns that something happened at the lookout, something no one wants to talk about. Chase isn’t entirely surprised: Pando is a place where odd things happen, like birds singing on a loop or bones sprouting out of the ground like wildflowers. Worse? Pando is changing Guthrie, and Chase doesn’t know how to stop it or even if she should.
Despite her resolve to protect Guthrie, Chase becomes increasingly distracted by Wilder, the lifeguard at camp who offers her a taste of normalcy and a new perspective on her skoolie family. But more time with Wilder means less time with Guthrie, and the mysterious force in the forest draws Guthrie deeper into its darkness—until she’s nowhere to be found. Chase must face her own childhood trauma and find her way into a strange and sinister world to rescue her sister before Guthrie is lost to the lonely places forever.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kate Anderson lives in Utah with her husband and four children. When she’s not writing, she’s embroidering her favorite book covers, exploring the mountains, or planning road trips to places that are off the beaten path—the weirder, the better. She is the author of Here Lies Olive. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @kateanderwrites.
