Dark Coming of Age Books in Order

On Outerbridge Island, gardener’s son Owen Crites fears losing Jenna Montgomery to the privileged life awaiting her. The arrival of a wealthy young tennis player intensifies his jealousy, turning their summer friendship into an increasingly dangerous triangle.

Five college students on a cross-country road trip stop at a desert gas station advertising a mysterious attraction. A creature displayed in a glass coffin turns their search for entertainment into an encounter with something dangerous.

Teenager Mark befriends Dash, an outsider whose occult rituals and strange drug promise access to another world. A detour on the way to a party brings their dangerous experiments closer to releasing something beyond their control.