<p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Ivan just wanted the bullying to stop. Now his best friend is dead.</strong></p><p>Ivan Stein isn't sure he can survive seventh grade, let alone middle school. Living in a town known for its poverty and violence, he is regularly bullied along with his best friend, Ollie. But fortunes can change.</p><p>One day, Ivan finds an old notebook in an abandoned locker at school. Despite a stark warning, he takes the book and unleashes powerful magic he can use to punish his enemies.</p><p>But demonic forces control the book's pages-a terrifying evil that will inflict suffering on the good as well as the bad and take Ivan's soul as payment.</p><p>Life is hard, and people get hurt. But for Ivan, some things are better left alone.</p><p><strong>Also in this collection...</strong></p><p>"Nailed It"</p><p>"Brown the Recluse"</p><p>"I've Been Better"</p><p>"A Bone in the Throat"</p><p>"Regino Sings"</p><p>"A Proper Revenge Takes Time"</p><p>"Something to Hold"</p><p>"The Widow and Her Magician"</p><p>"Walker"</p>