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The Steep & Thorny Way

  • 2016 first published
  • 352 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (11 ratings)
  • 3 editions

Published in 2016, The Steep & Thorny Way is a ghost story and horror novel by Cat Winters. The story is set in Oregon, in the 20th century. Key subjects include murder, racially mixed people, prejudices and ghosts.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, and 22 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 352 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Steep & Thorny Way

"A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father's death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired by Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'"--
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories
  • Murder
  • Racially mixed people
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
  • Prejudices
  • Ghost stories
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
  • Ghosts
  • Children's fiction
  • Oregon
  • Prejudices, Juvenile fiction
  • Murder, Juvenile fiction
  • Racially mixed people, Juvenile fiction
  • Oregon, History, 20th century, Juvenile fiction
  • Oregon, History, 20th century

Quick answers

Who wrote The Steep & Thorny Way?

The Steep & Thorny Way was written by Cat Winters and first published in 2016.

What genre is The Steep & Thorny Way?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is The Steep & Thorny Way?

The median edition has 352 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Steep & Thorny Way?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Passage, The Graveyard Book and The Screaming Staircase.

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