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Sara Nickerson

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I may need to reread this book but from what I remember it really stood out to me and I liked it a lot. It has some horror undertones to it but isn't exactly a horror book. It has gothic fantasy elements to it given the dark nature and weird elements of the book. I'm happy to see that almost 700 people have this in their library too- I feel like it is an underappreciated book and not many people know about it. For me, Mystery genre is one of those that are either outstandingly good or mediocre at best- there is no in between.This one is on the 'outstanding' side. I'd recommend it to your kids if they like mystery or need a mild introduction into the horror genre outside of Goosebumps.… (mer)
 
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am08279 | 9 andra recensioner | Oct 23, 2022 |
Found this young reader book at a thrift store. Have never seen it before so I was intrigued. A good mystery with some scary parts for kids who like that scared feeling. The use of comic books as clues was a neat idea. I loved the library that only housed books that were never published. Such a cool idea. This would be a good adventure story for boys or girls.
 
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bnbookgirl | 9 andra recensioner | Feb 26, 2020 |
Margaret overcomes the walls built up around her since her father's death and Boyd tears down his own walls by conquering his fears instead of just reading about it in his comic books.
 
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Salsabrarian | 9 andra recensioner | Feb 2, 2016 |
I'm not at all sure how kids' books are classified these days, but I think you'd probably call this one a middle grade novel. The dust jacket seems to indicate it's recommended for fifth graders and up, and that seems about right to me.

The story features two girls whose father drowned four years ago under circumstance their depressed mother never talks about; a crumbling, spooky mansion their mom has apparently just inherited; and a mysterious hand-drawn comic book about a half-man/half-rat creature and a drowned ghost.

It's well-written, in a way that doesn't talk down to its young audience, the story's interesting and odd, and the snippets of the comic that are integrated into the story are very well-drawn. I kept going back and forth a bit on whether it was entirely working for me or not, though, I think mainly because I wasn't quite expecting some of the slightly surreal aspects of it. Well, that, and I'm not really in the book's target demographic these days. I suspect I would have really liked it when I was 12.

Rating: 3.5/5, but that's from jaded adult me. I would, in fact, recommend it to kids of the appropriate age, if they like slightly weird and off-kilter stories (and aren't too afraid of rats).
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bragan | 9 andra recensioner | Dec 20, 2015 |

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