To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story. thief, all while trying to fulfill her deal with the Clackity. Evie Von Rathe lives in Blight Harbor--the seventh-most haunted town in America--with her Aunt Desdemona, the local paranormal expert. Des doesn't have many rules except one: Stay out of the abandoned slaughterhouse at the edge of town. But when her aunt disappears into the building, Evie goes searching for her. There she meets The Clackity, a creature who lives in the shadows and seams of the slaughterhouse. The Clackity makes a deal with Evie to help get Des back in exchange for the ghost of John Jeffrey Pope, a serial killer who stalked Blight Harbor a hundred years earlier. Evie must embark on a journey into a strange otherworld filled with hungry witches, penny-eyed ghosts, and a memory-thief, all while being pursued by a dead man whose only goal is to add Evie to his collection of lost souls.
ISBN: | 9781665902670 |
Publisher: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
Published date: | 28 Jun 2022 |
DEWEY: | [Fic] |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | cm. |
Weight: | 376g |
Height: | 215mm |
Width: | 147mm |
Spine width: | 26mm |