Sunday, November 14, 2010

A Ghost Story - All the Lovely Bad Ones

I am the first to admit I don't like really really scary books or movies but I do like a good ghost story and "All the Lovely Bad Ones" by Mary Downing Hahn is a good and satisfying ghost story.

Travis and his sister Corey have been sent to their Grandmother's Inn in Vermont for the summer because Summer Camp did not want them back! When these two learn the Inn has a history of ghost sightings they decide to do a little haunting of their own (with the help of a few props and some make-up) to further the rumor and to bring guests to the quiet Inn. It was only after Corey did a hair raising imitation of a ghost flitting among the trees that something dangerous, something that had been asleep for years, was awakened.... and not just a single spirit but a whole horde of rambunctious young ghosts of boys assigned to the County Poor Farm in the 1800's but also the ghost of the cruel mistress who was responsible for their death. Once awakened it is now up to Travis and Corey to find the three things that will put these "lovely bad ones" to rest.

What are you reading today?

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