The Reformatory

From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review):

“This harrowing, supernaturally inflected depiction of racism’s unbridled cruelty and the generational trauma it can inflict is sure to stick in readers’ minds.”

From Booklist (Starred Review):

“Due brings the horrors of Jim Crow Florida to life, with human monsters who are far more chilling than anything supernatural. With fully realized characters and well-placed twists, she ratchets up the tension until the final, extraordinary showdown.”

Library Journal (Starred Review):

“Incredibly written and performed historical horror that, though heartbreaking, might give modern readers a spark of hope.”

From Kirkus (Starred Review):

“No matter how much you’ll want to look away from the callous injustice and horrific abuse depicted here, this period thriller’s investment of urgency and imagination keeps you riveted…Due brings her own gifts in the supernatural-fantasy genre as well as elements of her own family history (the book is dedicated in part to her great-uncle, who died at Dozier in 1937) to this vividly realized page-turner, which is at once an ingenious ghost story, a white-knuckle adventure, and an illuminating if infuriating look back at a shameful period in American jurisprudence that, somehow, doesn’t seem so far away.”