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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Gr 5-7 Joy Wells, 11, loves the town of Spooking. It is dark, damp, full of crumbling mansions, and has a gothic atmosphere that suits her perfectly. Joy does not love neighboring Darlington, where she and her brother go to school and are treated poorly by students and teachers alike; nobody likes "Spookies." She is convinced that her favorite horror writer, E. A. Peugeot, was inspired by Spooking and that the bog fiend from his most ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Joy Wells, plucky yet wry, lives in Spooking, which overlooks the atrociously sunny suburb of Darlington. Determine...Log In or Sign Up to Read More