Dark Corridor

by Jay Bennett

At the end of a summer disrupted by three teenage suicides in their town, eighteen-year-old Kerry's girlfriend Alicia apparently kills herself, leaving him obsessed with death and strange doubts.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

137 pages, Library Binding

First published November 1, 1988

About the author

Jay Bennett (born in New York City, December 24, 1912, died June 27, 2009 in Cherry Hill, NJ) was an American author and two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Bennett won the Edgar for Best Juvenile novel in 1974 and 1975, for The Long Black Coat (Delacorte Press) and The Dangling Witness (Delacorte Press), respectively. He was the first author to win an Edgar in consecutive years. A third book, The Skeleton Man (Franklin Watts), was nominated in 1987. Bennett is best known among English teachers and young adults for these and other juvenile mysteries, like Deathman, Do Not Follow Me (Scholastic).

Reviews

[Mathew Wright · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was not that good

[Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really like this book. I usually like book like this but I didn't like this one. I actually didn't understand this book, so I guess that is why is didn't like it. I didn't understand this book because he would be someone with someone then he would somewhere else with someone different in like 5 seconds. It had a good plot and good description but I just didn't understand it.

[Khia King · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lovedddd this book ! This book is deep. I think all of Jay Bennett's books are very deep and teenagers can relate to all books like this. Dark Corridor focus on the depression stages that teenagers go through and focuses on how most teenagers might feel. I think that everyone should read this book just because it's amazing and it's easy to get hooked on.

[Micky Parise · Rating 4 out of 5]

1st time reading Jay Bennett. Really enjoyed his writing style. Really hard to put down, makes you want to read it to the end. Will like to read more from him. Jay Bennett is a top notch young adult writer.

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

love love love! Jay Bennett is so far my favorite author of the past few years i love the spookiness on the edge of your seat reading some of his books are almost like
a guessing game too