Home Sweet Horror
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
A chilling tale awaits in this haunted house... and Bloody Mary is dying to meet you.
Welcome. Have a seat. Let us tell you a story. But be warned. Home Sweet Horror isn't just any tale. This is a Scary Tale.
Meet Liam Finn, who's just moved into a new home with his father and sister. But this old house that seems empty, isn't . . . Bloody Mary is here. Called back from the dead by a game, she's just dying to talk.
In this spooky story for kids, author James Preller weaves a ghostly tale filled with thrills and chills. Perfect for young fans of monster books and scary stories, Home Sweet Horror will keep you turning pages late into the night.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Preller (the Jigsaw Jones mysteries) serves up gasp-worthy scenes and chilling twists in this illustrated chapter book that launches the Scary Tales series. Suspense builds gradually: when eight-year-old Liam, his widowed father, and older sister, Kelly, arrive at their ominous-looking new home, he sees a flicker of light from an upstairs window; the next morning, he hears floorboards groaning, radiators hissing, and someone moaning. Preller raises the stakes as Liam, investigating a clanging noise in the basement, falls through a stair and feels "a thin, skeletal grip" on his dangling leg; later, Kelly and a friend attempt to summon Bloody Mary a bit too successfully. Sound effects reproduced in large type amplify Liam's fear, and Bruno's heavily inked, etching-like pictures intensify the story's spookiness. In contrast to the scary bits, Preller also gives the story a tender emotional undercurrent: the family is still aching from the death of the siblings' mother, who may still be looking out for her family. Just enough chills to keep burgeoning readers flipping pages. I Scream, You Scream pubs simultaneously. Ages 7 10.
