 | What lives in the woods Author: Currie, Lindsay | |
| Price: $6.55 | ||
Summary:
Ginny is unhappy when her family moves from Chicago to upstate Michigan for the summer; her father has a job restoring a 1930s mansion, but there are rumors about Woodmoor and the forest next to it: rumors about strange mutant creatures; Ginny, an aspiring mystery writer, is soon half convinced that the rumors are true, because something or someone is haunting the house--and she plans to investigate, with the help of Will, the older boy who lives nearby.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.20 Points: 9.0 Quiz: 513798 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (08/01/21)
School Library Journal (00/08/21)
Booklist (05/01/21)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/09/21)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 08/01/2021 Gr 4 Up—This suspenseful tale is yet another horror offering from Currie, whose protagonists are equally in love with books and mysteries. Ginny Anderson hears from her parents that their family is packing up and moving out for a monthlong retreat in Michigan, which means missing a highly anticipated mystery writer's workshop and leaving her friend Erica and their summertime plans behind. Her father is entrusted with the renovation of a legendary spooky mansion in Saugatuck on Lake Michigan, and her parents, Ginny, and her brother Leo find themselves in the heart of haunted happenings. Almost immediately, Agatha Christie–obsessed Ginny begins to witness moving objects, faces in the mirror, and shadows in the house's ballroom. Thankfully, Ginny enlists her brother and new friend Will in solving the curse of Woodmoor Manor, giving readers a succinct detective story and bantering dialogue for the paranormal-enthused. Currie serves up an appropriately tween horror story in staccato chapters with plenty of goosebumps. VERDICT A suggested purchase for upper elementary and middle school libraries with students interested in scary stories, and a natural step-up for those reading "Five Nights at Freddy's." Currie provides a genuinely creepy tale that begins with literary jump-scares and evolves into a decades-old historical mystery.—Rachel Joiner, Advent Episcopal Sch., Bessemer, AL - Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
