ABOUT THIS BOOK

JULIA CUNNINGHAM'S GROUND-BREAKING novel, first published in 1965 and unavailable in paperback for a decade, is reissued for a whole new generation of readers. Betsy Hearne, critic and professor of children’s literature, has provided a fascinating afterword.

“A spine-tingling horror story.”—School Library Journal

“Here is one author who has recognized the sophistication of young readers geared to an age of television and films—and shows that a book can be as hip and as exciting and far more memorable.”—The Washington Post

“Enthralling.”—The New York Times

An ALA Notable Best of the Best

A Children’s Spring Book Fesitival Award



REVIEWS

“Youngsters . . . will like this spine-tingling horror story and its hero who can’t spell.” –School Library Journal, Starred

“Enthralling. . . . One of the year’s best juveniles.”–The New York Times


From the Hardcover edition.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julia Cunningham is the author of Come to the Edge, winner of the Christopher Medal; and The Flight of the Sparrow, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book; The Treasure Is the Rose, a National Book Award finalist. The author lives in Santa Barbara, CA.


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