# Bittersweet in the Hollow

**Author:** Kate Pearsall
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Page count:** 385
**Genre:** Young Adult Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593531037`
**ISBN-10:** `0593531035`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/bittersweet-in-the-hollow
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

In this beautifully dark and enthralling YA, four sisters with unusual talents investigate a mysterious disappearance in their secluded Appalachian town. For fans of House of Hollow and Wilder Girls! In rural Caball Hollow, surrounded by the vast National Forest, the James women serve up more than fried green tomatoes at the Harvest Moon diner, where the family recipes are not the only secrets. Like her sisters, Linden was born with an unusual ability. She can taste what others are feeling, but this so-called gift soured her relationship with the vexingly attractive Cole Spencer one fateful night a year ago . . . A night when Linden vanished into the depths of the Forest and returned with no memories of what happened, just a litany of questions—and a haze of nightmares that suggest there’s

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Young Adult Book Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)

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