The Girl in White
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Small Spaces and the Goosebumps series by R.L Stine comes a chilling story about a twelve-year old girl who must face down the most notorious ghost in her haunted East coast town to stop a centuries-old curse that threatens to destroy everything, from the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch and The Mystery of Locked Rooms.
Mallory hasn't quite adapted to life in her new town of Eastport yet. Maybe it's because everyone is obsessed with keeping the town's reputation as the most cursed town in the US.
And thanks to the nightmares she's had since arriving, Mallory hardly sleeps. Combined with the unsettling sensation of being watched, she's quickly becoming convinced there's more to her town. Something darker.
When Mallory has a terrifying encounter with the same old woman from her dreams, she knows she has to do something—but what? With Eastport gearing up to celebrate the anniversary of their first recorded legend Mallory is forced to investigate the one legend she's always secretly been afraid of . . . Sweet Molly.
Pick up The Girl in White if you are looking for:
• A book for middle school students, 5th grade to 9th grade
• A story with a strong female protagonist that explores bravery, friendship, and family
• Mystery books for kids 9-12
• Chilling ghost stories and ghost books for kids (perfect for Halloween!)
• Historical mysteries for kids
• Spooky middle grade for fans of stories about Salem or Spooky Hollow
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Living in Eastport, Mass., the country's "most cursed city," is like celebrating Halloween every day, but 12-year-old narrator Mallory Denton, an aspiring travel photographer, doesn't enjoy the unending festivities. Transplanted from Chicago, she struggles to adjust to the "quaint, yet foreboding" town, which revels in its supernatural reputation, hosting monthly parades, boasting shops filled with ghoulish garb, and celebrating the beloved 200-year-old legend of Molly Flanders McMulligan Marshall. Known as Sweet Molly, the resident cursed Eastport after her brother, a fishing boat captain, died at sea during a dangerous storm. While Mallory's parents embrace the town's macabre history, serving gravestone-shaped pancakes at their purportedly haunted, cemetery-adjacent restaurant, the tween endures nightmares of a frightening hag intent on harming her. As the October anniversary of Sweet Molly's curse nears, Mallory's constant nightmares take a turn when a wild-eyed woman appears, determined to unleash her wrath upon the town at whose insistence Sweet Molly's brother set sail. Told through Mallory's resolute first-person voice, Currie's (What Lives in the Woods) middle grade debut brims with tension, spine-tingling terror, and convincing characters bravely facing a supernatural dilemma. Characters cue as white. Ages 8–12.
