Hahn,
Mary Downing. Took. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion 2015
264p $16.99 ISBN 978-0-544-55153-4 elem/ms Horror VG-BN
When Daniel and his little sister Erica
move with their parents from urban Connecticut to an old house in rural West
Virginia, they have a lot of adjustments to make. First of all, everyone tells them their new
house is haunted. In addition, the kids
at school are mean, the house is in terrible shape, and Daniel’s parents are
unhappy with their new jobs. Everything
seems to be stacked against them, parents and children alike. On top of everything else, they keep hearing
tales about an old witch called Auntie who haunts the woods near their house
and captures young girls to be her slaves, keeping each girl for fifty years. They dismiss these tales as being untrue and
fantasy-based. But when Erica suddenly
disappears one day, things go from bad to worse. Daniel’s parents blame him for
her disappearance. While he is reluctant
to believe the stories about Auntie and her kidnappings of children, he finally
realizes that they must be true, and he undertakes to find and rescue his
sister. This story is creepy and will
keep readers turning pages, with its well-drawn characters and fine pacing. It is perfect for readers who are looking for
a new Mary Downing Hahn story to keep them up at night.
Recommended for upper-elementary and
middle-school readers.
Summary: When Daniel and his little
sister Erica move with their parents to a remote house in rural West Virginia,
everything seems to go wrong, including Erica’s sudden disappearance. Could the
stories of an old witch called Auntie possibly be true?
Ghost stories-Fiction --Carol
Kennedy
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