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Maura's 3 favorite reads in 2023
Plus, Maura's 12-year-old's favorite books.
Why did Maura's 12-year-old love this book?
My daughter loved how scary this book was. She often complains to me that books for kids aren’t done right; they’re not very scary.
This book, however, kept her on the edge of her seat. It gave her bad dreams (which, she tells me, she wanted because it’s a sign of a really good book). She thought Jac was a great main character and she liked the friendship between her and her best friend, Hazel.
2 authors picked This Appearing House as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.
From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks and Ghost Squad, about a terrifying house and the girl haunted by her experience with cancer, grief, and healing. Are you brave enough to step inside?
For as long as anyone could remember there wasn’t a house at the dead end of Juniper Drive . . . until one day there was.
When Jac first sees the House, she’s counting down to the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, when she hopefully will be declared NED, or “no evidence of disease.” But with a…
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