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Borderline

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By Lilia Vargas Costello

Formats and Prices

On Sale
May 11, 2027
Page Count
368 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454976004

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

Format

Hardcover

Format:

Hardcover $19.99 $25.99 CAD

Keep your eyes closed. That’s how you survive in Florida, FL.

Florida, FL: small, slightly run down, and sitting right next to a rift between worlds. Called the borderline by the locals, all anyone knows for sure is that it ate Momo Kasahara six years ago and is best left alone. Lin, a high school dropout now working at the world’s weirdest corner store, Midnight Morton’s, tries not to dwell on the missing girl she might have loved. With no real future in sight, Lin accepts overnight shifts, saves her pennies, and ignores the faceless entity seeking instant oatmeal.

But when a grown-up Momo appears one night like a ghost in the snack aisle, everything changes. Lin is sure that finding her will cure the strange gloom that’s been hanging over her and her town for so long. Momo’s twin brother Bo just wants his family whole again, and budding paranormal vlogger Julien True sees his chance to shoot the pilot episode of his dreams. Together the three of them must learn how to cross over borderline, unraveling the terrible secrets of Florida one by one until their rescue mission is successful. Because Momo is not a ghost at all. She’s very much alive—and angry.


Lilia Vargas Costello

About the Author

Lilia Vargas Costello took inspiration from her own experiences growing up mixed race and bisexual in the state of Florida to write BORDERLINE. She currently lives in New York City, where she works for the United Nations. Before that, she received her BA and MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway University of London and spent three years in Japan as an English teacher.

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