Even now as an adult I was a little creeped out by the character of Elsie. I read Mary Downing Hahn’s books when I was younger and remember them being scary. All the girls feel terrible about what happened but when Annie receives a concussion from a sled ride she starts to see Elsie’s ghost. She had succumbed to the flu after the girls had teased her and taken away her flu mask. When they attend one funeral they are shocked to see that it is Elsie’s.
Annie’s new friends decide to pretend to be mourners and attend funerals in order to receive free treats. But when Annie befriends the other girls in the school and drops Elsie things get worse. She is picked on and teased by others, which make Annie a target now too. Annie discovers that Elsie is not liked by the other girls in the class. When Annie starts at a new school she meets a strange girl, Elsie, who instantly claims her as her friend. World War I is still raging in Europe and the Spanish flu is spreading across the United States. Well written, compelling, sufficiently creepy enough to keep you turning the pages for more, but make sure you keep the lights on.First Line: Although I didn’t realize it, my troubles began when we moved to Portman Street, and I became a student in the Pearce Academy for Girls, the finest school in the town of Mount Pleasant, according to Father. But then disaster strikes and Daniel must summon up all his courage and love to help his family out of a terrible situation.Mary Downing Hahn has written some wonderful ghost stories for young people over the years, and here's another to add to the list.
Their parents are feeling the strain too and the whole family seems to be changing into an unhappy bunch. Even though they try to discount the stories as old, silly superstitions, both Daniel and Erica are a little spooked living so far away from city lights and friendly people. Daniel and his sister Erica have a hard time fitting in at their new school and the local children tease and torment them with scary stories about old Auntie and her side-kick Bloody Bones, and how she takes a child every 50 years. Due to lost jobs and money troubles Daniel and his family leave their affluent lifestyle in Connecticut and move to an old, run-down farmhouse in the woods of North Virginia. The tale revolves around young Daniel and his family. Took is an excellent young person's spooky story.
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