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Reviewed on November 14, 2025 | High School
Gr 9 Up—The second stand-alone thriller from Dass (It Waits in the Forest) is infused with Caribbean folklore. Set in Chaconia, a fictionalized version of Trinidad and Tobago, it features Maya, 18, the intelligent and people-pleasing daughter of a politician who has been haunted by her older sister's mysterious disappearance almost a decade before. Maya has a deep interest in ocean and marine biology; it's only natural that she takes a cruise to the different islands o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



