Leap Books: Seek Signs Medeia Sharif

OTHER, N.Y. - Aug. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Kelly Hashway at Leap Books Seek has acquired world rights for Medeia Sharif’s middle grade horror THE HAUNTED STEPSISTER in which two stepsisters are plagued by a demon after using a haunted bathroom at school and are now having their darkest secrets revealed.

“Medeia is no stranger to the publishing world. In this book she blends multicultural characters with a unique twist on possession through a demon determined to make the truth come to light,” says Hashway.

Sharif is a middle school English teacher by day, and a young adult and middle grade writer by night. Her publications include BESTEST. RAMADAN. EVER. (Flux, 2011), SNIP, SNIP REVENGE (Evernight Teen, 2014), VITAMINS AND DEATH (Prizm Books, 2014), THE ATTIC OF SAND AND SECRETS (Featherweight Press, 2014), 52 LIKES (Evernight Teen, 2015), HOT PINK IN THE CITY (Prizm Books, 2015), “Mustang Alice” (a short story in the anthology BEWARE THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT, Leap Books, 2015), and “Machete Santa” (a short story in the anthology FRIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Leap Books, 2015).

THE HAUNTED STEPSISTER is scheduled to release in spring 2016.