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Gr 7-Up These 15 consistently well-written tales are divided among those set in the past, mainly in the form of Irish folkways; the present, mostly set in the U.S.; and the hereafter. In "Fall," a 13-year-old girl, long abandoned by her mother, still mourns her twin sister's death 13 years earlier. She knows that the stuffed crow in the attic is really alive and longs to fling it, and herself, out a window so they'll be free and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Hauntings ranges from Hearne's retellings of traditional folktales set in Ireland through a cluster of original stories set in the contemporary United States to a final pair set in heaven and hell. All concern the otherworldly in some way. In the traditional tales, Hearne makes manifest the depth of symbolism and mesmerizing music that come from the polish of centuries of oral tradition. "Tryst," first ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

These fifteen stories concerning the otherworldly include folktales and more contemporary tales. The traditional stories make this colle...Log In or Sign Up to Read More