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juushikaTitle: The Haunting
Author: Margaret Mahy
Published: Scholastic, 1982
Rating: 4.5 of 5
Page Count: 135
Total Page Count: 553,400
Text Number: 2076
Read Because:osprey_archer's review; borrowed from Open Library
Review: Following the death of a great uncle who shares his name, our protagonist becomes convinced he's being haunted by the lonely little boy with once his uncle's friend. I'm enamored of minor middle grade novels that seem to come from nowhere to blow me away. MG has an enviable willingness to get weird and fantastical, which, here, is remarkably phrased and then foiled by an enduring (and plot-relevant) quirky familial domesticity. And then the twist! Which is logical but thematically atypical for the genre, and so satisfying. I love to end the year with one of my favorite books of the year.
Author: Margaret Mahy
Published: Scholastic, 1982
Rating: 4.5 of 5
Page Count: 135
Total Page Count: 553,400
Text Number: 2076
Read Because:
osprey_archer's review; borrowed from Open LibraryReview: Following the death of a great uncle who shares his name, our protagonist becomes convinced he's being haunted by the lonely little boy with once his uncle's friend. I'm enamored of minor middle grade novels that seem to come from nowhere to blow me away. MG has an enviable willingness to get weird and fantastical, which, here, is remarkably phrased and then foiled by an enduring (and plot-relevant) quirky familial domesticity. And then the twist! Which is logical but thematically atypical for the genre, and so satisfying. I love to end the year with one of my favorite books of the year.
