Pub Date: August 1, 2009
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0670
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 10 to 12
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 7.60" L x 5.10" W ( 0.35 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Horror | Paranormal Occult and Supernatural | Imagination and Play | Family | Siblings | Thrillers and Suspense | Books and Libraries | Comics and Graphic Novels | Social Themes | Friendship | Paranormal | Action and Adventure | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Humorous Stories
Description: When Travis and his sister, Corey, learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. But their thoughtless games awaken something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep.
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:
"In addition to crafting some genuinely spine-chilling moments, the author takes a unique approach to a well-traversed genre." - Publishers Weekly
"Hahn has written another fast-paced ghost story that readers will relish, shivering all the while."
"Here's an author who really understands how to put a scary story together" - Horn Book Magazine