Best Selling Books by Mary Downing Hahn

A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan''s family''s new home. He doesn''t believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie''s slave for the next fifty years.

A white boy helps a black child escape slavery in the midst of the Civil War

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one who’s been torn out of the picture? Ali figures she’ll find out while she’s vacationing in Maine with Dulcie and her four-year-old daughter, Emma, in the house where Ali’s mother’s family used to spend summers. All hopes for relaxation are quashed shortly after their arrival, though, when the girls meet Sissy, a kid who’s mean and spiteful and a bad influence on Emma. Strangest of all, Sissy keeps talking about a girl named Teresa who drowned under mysterious circumstances back when Claire and Dulcie were kids, and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks Sissy’s just trying to scare her with a ghost story, but soon she discovers the real reason why Sissy is so angry. . . . Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this new supernatural tale that’s certain to send shivers down her readers’ spines.

Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she''s made Molly and Michael''s life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that''s not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can''t get any worse. But they do—when Helen comes.

After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper''s garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the-nineteenth-century world by going through a hole in the hedge.

The ultimate gift for young readers who love thrills, chills, and spooky stories, here are three haunting tales from award-winning master of middle grade horror Mary Downing Hahn, together in one ghostly collection. Are you ready for a hauntingly good read? There are scares aplenty in this enticing collection of three of Mary Downing Hahn''s most popular books: Took, The Girl in the Locked Room, and The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall. Daniel''s little sister disappears in a forest haunted by witches and beasts. Jules is sure that someone--or something--lurks in the upstairs of her new house. Vengeful Spirit Sophia stalks the shadows of a gloomy manor, and dreams of the girl inside. Three of award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn''s spookiest tales come together in this gathering of ghosts. Guaranteed to give you goosebumps!

While spending the summer at their grandmother''s Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn''s distant past who refuse to "rest in peace."

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie''s friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her. Young readers who revel in spooky stories will relish this chilling tale of a girl haunted by a vengeful ghost.

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Mary Downing Hahn''s latest ghost story is a fascinating tale of a unique friendship between two boys whose lives are eerily intertwined. Andrew can feel the presence of his ancestors in Great-Aunt Blythe''s old house. His fantasies of ghosts and the past become all too real when another Andrew, who lived at the beginning of the century and died young, appears.

Florence looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at an old manor house. But Florence doesn''t expect the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who concocts a plan to use Florence to help her achieve her murderous goals.

As author Jessica and artist Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh-grade English class contest, Jessica becomes aware of conditions in Daphne''s home life that seem to threaten her health and safety. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The sequel to the award-winning Stepping on the Cracks. "Sometimes heart-rending, sometimes funny, Gordy Smith will prove memorable to all who meet him."— Booklist (starred review) In Following My Own Footsteps, sixth-grader Gordy Smith comes to grips with the fear that he''ll turn out no better than his abusive father . . . With his father now in jail and one brother hospitalized, Gordy''s mother has no choice but to take the family to their wealthy grandmother''s house in North Carolina. There Gordy meets William, a boy who had polio and is now wheelchair bound. Though they become friends, Gordy''s plans to help William fail spectacularly. Matters only get worse when Gordy''s father is released from prison and his mother is poised to give him a second chance. Gordy must decide where he belongs—with his dysfunctional parents or with the grandma who is more than his match in toughness, in courage, and in love. "A cast of unforgettable characters inhabit this work, seasoned with WW II setting but utterly contemporary in its concerns. Hahn is in top form, proving through Gordy''s first-person narration that real love can triumph over all kinds of adversity, and often does."— Kirkus Reviews "The complex characterizations, period setting and Gordy''s brave attempts to break a cycle of violence will hold readers'' interest."— Publishers Weekly "It''s a timeless social issue really, in any era, of having a dysfunctional abusive parent . . . A very good story showcasing complex friendships, familial relationships, and inner conflict, all set in WW2 America."—Cats and Fiction

Kit includes 6 copies of the book and discussion questions.

Laura tells an old woman of her wish that her parents were back together again, without realizing that she is speaking to a real witch.

At the same time that Matt and Parker find the body of the dead man in the creek, they recognize George Evans, the owner of the antique shop where Parker''s mother works.

With their mother dead and their home burned, a thirteen-year-old boy and his little sister set out across Virginia in search of relatives during the final days of the Civil War.