NUTMEG BOOK CONTENDER! 2018
Mary Downing Hahn
Mary Downing Hahn writes stories that can be best described as "creepy." Took: A Ghost Story doesn't disappoint and the reader will be scared throughout. The first chapter is told from Auntie's point of view. We quickly learn she is an old witch with a strange connection to the old Estes house.
The new owners of the house will be Daniel and his sister Erica. Seventh grader Daniel and his little sister Erica move from Fairfield, Connecticut to West Virginia because of the recession. Once the family arrives, they find that there is much more than a suburb to country transition they have to adjust to.
Daniel notices his family immediately begin to change after the move. His parents are fighting and his sister Erica is talking to her doll, Little Erica, constantly, and retreating from everyone. One night Erica goes for a walk with her doll into the forest and doesn't return. Has she been "took" by the witch Auntie? It's up to Daniel to find out if the West Virginia legends are real, and to find out if Auntie really exists. Can Daniel find his sister in the forest and save her from the magic of Auntie? Read Took to find out!
The new owners of the house will be Daniel and his sister Erica. Seventh grader Daniel and his little sister Erica move from Fairfield, Connecticut to West Virginia because of the recession. Once the family arrives, they find that there is much more than a suburb to country transition they have to adjust to.
Daniel notices his family immediately begin to change after the move. His parents are fighting and his sister Erica is talking to her doll, Little Erica, constantly, and retreating from everyone. One night Erica goes for a walk with her doll into the forest and doesn't return. Has she been "took" by the witch Auntie? It's up to Daniel to find out if the West Virginia legends are real, and to find out if Auntie really exists. Can Daniel find his sister in the forest and save her from the magic of Auntie? Read Took to find out!