Pub Date: August 4, 2008
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0650
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 10 to 12
Physical Info: 0.54" H x 7.60" L x 5.22" W ( 0.38 lbs) 208 pages
Description: Ali finds an old photograph and recognizes her mother and her aunt as children, but a third person has been torn out of the picture. Who could it be? Then Ali meets Sissy, a mean and spiteful girl who has a secret. Could it have something to do with the old photo?
Brief description:
Mary Downing Hahn's many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.
Review Quotes:
"Signature spooky Hahn sends appropriate shivers up the reader's spine ... satisfyingly chilly."
"Hahn offers another eerie, suspenseful ghost story filled with family secrets." - Booklist
"Classic mystery elements ... add to the suspense and keep the well-plotted story moving along to a satisfying conclusion." - School Library Journal
"A compact and approachable shiveriness ... an easygoing vacation read." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books