Funerals Are for the Living - A Novel

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 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.

About the author

Sami Ellis is a queer horror writer who’s inspired by the horrific nature of Black fears and the culture’s relation to the supernatural. When she’s not acting as the single auntie with a good job, she spends her time not writing. You can follow her on Instagram, or check out her words in the Black horror anthology All These Sunken Souls and her debut novel, Dead Girls Walking.

Product details

• Authors: Sami Ellis
• Publisher: Amulet Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.08.2026
• EAN: 9781419784736
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-8473-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Horror, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General