{"product_id":"scream-like-a-prayer-s-h-mansouri-9798993688213","title":"Scream Like a Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA perfect capsule of growing up, or trying to, in 1985. Except this 1985 is seeping blood, and blood, and more blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Graham Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York Times Bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScream Like a Prayer is a knockout possession novel, haunted by twisted family secrets and lurking violence, replete with all the bright and feverish terrors of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eJosh Rountree\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of The Unkillable Frank Lightning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes you have to pray in the dark for a miracle to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1985, San Dimas, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen eleven-year-old Samuel McCammon writes five words on the blackboard that kill his sixth-grade teacher, he starts to wonder if something is seriously wrong with his mind. A trip to the hospital reveals that nothing is physically wrong with him, but he keeps hearing fragments of a song he can't remember, and keeps seeing flashes of the demon he once saw in his mother's bedroom mirror. Maybe there's a reason why his parents suddenly enrolled him in a religious school, why his mother insists he takes deep breaths and prays when he gets angry, and why his father always seems to keep him at a safe distance. The only way 'Sammy' will ever discover the painful truth about the worst thing he ever did, is for him to finally face the demon in the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScream Like a Prayer is a coming-of-age horror story about a family held together by lies, half-truths, and violence, and the lengths to which a desperate and confused child will go to unravel it all, and break the cycle forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. H. Mansouri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993688213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atreyu Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"S. H. Mansouri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443216527615,"sku":"9798993688213","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_089d5dbd-537a-4130-b1a2-efc2dfd4ac87.jpg?v=1777202635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scream-like-a-prayer-s-h-mansouri-9798993688213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}