Pub Date: June 18, 2007
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007277354
Lexile Code: 0800
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.36" H x 7.64" L x 6.60" W ( 0.30 lbs) 144 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Horror | Toys Dolls and Puppets | Fantasy | General | Science Fiction | Time Travel | Paranormal Occult and Supernatural | Historical | Social Themes | Friendship | Animals | Cats | New Experience
Description: This award-winning novel is now available in paperback. After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the-century world by going through a hole in the hedge.
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:
"Hahn uses her satisfyingly mysterious, spooky story to illuminate the interaction of people in the present. . . . Thoughtful, entertaining fare for the middle grades." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A captivating fantasy that explores friendship, grief and the interconnectedness of events in time." - Publishers Weekly