Book description
From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl detective who must decode a series of ominous clues tied to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager before it's too late…
Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual…
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2 authors picked It Found Us as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Already a huge Lindsay Currie fan, I jumped at the chance to read It Found Us.
It lived up to my already sky-high expectations. The wonderfully spooky cover and title are matched by the story of amateur sleuth Hazel, her brother Den, and friend Maggie solving the mystery of a fellow student who disappeared while playing hide and seek in a graveyard.
Authentic and often humorous banter among the trio brings a welcome lightness to balance the excellent atmospheric creep factor. Currie excels at creating genuinely scary moments without resorting to gore or violence. She does creeping dread so…
Whenever someone asks me to recommend a scary book for kids, I instantly think of Lindsay Currie’s books. This author knows just how to write a scary story for kids without making it gory.
In It Found Us, twelve-year-old Hazel loves a good mystery, so when she hears that her brother Den plans to go to the cemetery for a game of hide and seek, she tags along. Only the game ends with her brother’s friend Everett missing, and now Den and Hazel try to find him before it’s too late… I loved Hazel, the girl detective in the book,…
From Fleur's list on scary stories for kids who love Goosebumps.
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