Wish You Dead

Author: Rebecca Westcott

Reading age: from c 12 years

Published on 5 June 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Mean Girls meets manifestation and murder... A contemporary

teen thriller with a sapphic romance, perfect for fans of

Heathers, Sue Wallman and Holly Jackson.

Sixteen-year-old Morgana Merrick is all about control. She's the

most feared, powerful and popular girl at Avalon Academy, while

her half-brother, Art, and his chilled-out group of surfer friends

reign peacefully in the year above, known for their legendary

beach parties.

At one such party, an ugly encounter with one of Art's friends

leaves Morgana shaken. She retrieves the box under her bed filled

with crystals, charm bags and her Book of Shadows, and asks the

universe for justice to be served...

As frenemy after frenemy wrongs or irritates her, Morgana manifests

revenge upon them - and, to her surprise, it works. She feels

invincible. Until someone ends up dead.

Is the universe bending to Morgana's will? Or is someone else

behind the attacks? And can she find out who it is, before anyone

else meets a deadly end...?