deepdarkdangerous

Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn ISBN: 978-0-545-22087-3 ©2007 187 pages

Good sections to read aloud: pp. 2-3 where Ali asks mom about an old photograph and mom gets very defensive

Summary: Our main character is Ali, and she is 13 years old. She is an only child and lives with her mother and father. Her mother is often depressed for days on end, and chooses to stay in her room. When Ali is asked by her Aunt Dulcie to spend the summer with her and babysit her daughter, Ali is delighted. Ali’s mom wants nothing of it. She doesn’t want Ali anywhere near the lake she grew up on as a child. Ali starts to wonder what is going on, but with the help of her father and Dulcie, she is able to convince her mother that this would be the perfect way to spend her summer. As soon as Ali gets there, her and Emma meet a girl named Sissy. Sissy is mean, yet Emma (who is five) wants a friend badly and chooses to hang out and play with her. Only when things start happening (bad things), does Ali get worried and scared for her, Emma and her Aunt Dulcie. What happened at the lake all those years ago that scared her mother...and is now scaring Ali?

YA fiction; Mystery/suspense; lakes; ghosts; sisters

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