Daniel and his sister Erica are moving to a new home in West Virginia. This is not their choice, as it seldom is with kids. Their parents have moved them into an old farmhouse surrounded by a forest and miles from town. The family does not flourish in this new environment, the parents have trouble finding jobs, Daniel can’t make friends and Erica withdraws further into herself having long conversations with her doll. The local kids don’t want much to do with these outsiders except to fill them in on the local legends about their old house and a child who disappeared.
Of course there are also ghosts and very spooky critters rumored
to actually eat folks appearing in these tales. Daniel doesn’t want to believe
any of what they tell but when his sister suddenly disappears, he knows that he
must do something. In the very exciting and spooky book TOOK by Mary Downing
Hahn the author tells this tale from Daniel’s perspective with the occasional
voice of the ghost of the old conjure woman.
This one will have you on the edge
of your seat at times and is a good choice for the lover of “scary stories.”
Best for readers in grades 5 and older.
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