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Funerals Are for the Living
- Author
- Sami Ellis
- Narrator
- Jasmin Walker
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 21 July 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement
What to expect
New from the author of Dead Girls Walking comes a YA horror about a girl kidnapped by a racist cult after investigating the supernatural happenings at her sister’s gravesite
A month ago, Junie Daniels was in a car crash that left her with a dead sister, fragmented memories of the accident, and a mother too checked out to plan a funeral. The cheapest grave plot Junie can find is in the next town over. Sure, Williamsville is still proudly named after a slave master who was rumored to dabble in dark magic—but this is North Carolina, after all.
When unexplained occurrences start happening at the graveyard, though, Junie and her best friend, Omari, investigate. And it’s not long before Junie and Omari are taken …
Williamsville wants both Daniels girls. But Junie will do anything to protect her sister—even if it's only her corpse.
“Funerals Are for the Living is a deeply authentic Black Southern Gothic, its humor, pluck, and heart jumping off the page. Ellis lovingly treads North Carolina’s sticky heat, restless ghosts, and complex generational history to craft a vivid narrative of grief, memory, and the deep-rooted bonds that hold family and community together.”—Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston
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Details
- Author
- Sami Ellis
- Narrator
- Jasmin Walker
- Duration
- 9 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9798898850234
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement
Synopsis
New from the author of Dead Girls Walking comes a YA horror about a girl kidnapped by a racist cult after investigating the supernatural happenings at her sister’s gravesite A month ago, Junie Daniels was in a car crash that left her with a dead sister, fragmented memories of the accident, and a mother too checked out to plan a funeral. The cheapest grave plot Junie can find is in the next town over. Sure, Williamsville is still proudly named after a slave master who was rumored to dabble in dark magic—but this is North Carolina, after all. When unexplained occurrences start happening at the graveyard, though, Junie and her best friend, Omari, investigate. And it’s not long before Junie and Omari are taken … Williamsville wants both Daniels girls. But Junie will do anything to protect her sister—even if it's only her corpse. “Funerals Are for the Living is a deeply authentic Black Southern Gothic, its humor, pluck, and heart jumping off the page. Ellis lovingly treads North Carolina’s sticky heat, restless ghosts, and complex generational history to craft a vivid narrative of grief, memory, and the deep-rooted bonds that hold family and community together.”—Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston
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