Dee is feeding the chickens the morning they discover thebones on the mountain. A sense of foreboding strengthenswhen the police show her a ring found with the remains.It belonged to a friend of hers, Mary Ann Simpson, who haddisappeared four years ago. Strangely, other girls have also disappearedfrom this small town nestled in the shadow of theBruce Peninsula—the “mountain” that Dee knows like the backof her hand.

Like her grandmother, Dee has “The Sight,” an ability notonly to see spirits from the afterlife but also to experience theirdeaths—a “gift” that becomes more troubling as this story takesdarker turns. While trying to help local police with the investigation,Dee is drawn into a deepening mystery that soon strikesterrifyingly close to home.

Set in the aftermath of World War I, when soldiers are returningto a society that doesn’t know the full horrors of whatthey went through, Haunted is an atmospheric story that willhaunt readers long after they finish reading.

ISBN: 9781554689767
Imprint: HarperTrophy
On Sale: Oct 26, 2010
List price: $11.99
No of pages: 288
Trim Size: 5.000 in (w) x 7.130 in (h) x 0.750 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Horror

Barbara Haworth-Attard

Biography

BARBARA HAWORTH -ATTARD is an acclaimed children’s author, enjoyed by critics and readers alike. Theories of Relativity was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award, among other prizes, and Irish Chain was a Red Maple Honour Book, a Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award Honour Book and a finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award. Her other popular titles include Forget-Me-Not, Flying Geese, Home Child, Dark of the Moon, Truth Singer and Love-Lies-Bleeding. Barbara Haworth- Attard lives with her family in London, Ontario. Visit her website at www.barbarahaworthattard.com.

Dee is feeding the chickens the morning they discover thebones on the mountain. A sense of foreboding strengthenswhen the police show her a ring found with the remains.It belonged to a friend of hers, Mary Ann Simpson, who haddisappeared four years ago. Strangely, other girls have also disappearedfrom this small town nestled in the shadow of theBruce Peninsula—the “mountain” that Dee knows like the backof her hand.

Like her grandmother, Dee has “The Sight,” an ability notonly to see spirits from the afterlife but also to experience theirdeaths—a “gift” that becomes more troubling as this story takesdarker turns. While trying to help local police with the investigation,Dee is drawn into a deepening mystery that soon strikesterrifyingly close to home.

Set in the aftermath of World War I, when soldiers are returningto a society that doesn’t know the full horrors of whatthey went through, Haunted is an atmospheric story that willhaunt readers long after they finish reading.

ISBN: 9781554689767
Imprint: HarperTrophy
On Sale: Oct 26, 2010
List price: $11.99
No of pages: 288
Trim Size: 5.000 in (w) x 7.130 in (h) x 0.750 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Horror

Barbara Haworth-Attard

Biography

BARBARA HAWORTH -ATTARD is an acclaimed children’s author, enjoyed by critics and readers alike. Theories of Relativity was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award, among other prizes, and Irish Chain was a Red Maple Honour Book, a Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award Honour Book and a finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award. Her other popular titles include Forget-Me-Not, Flying Geese, Home Child, Dark of the Moon, Truth Singer and Love-Lies-Bleeding. Barbara Haworth- Attard lives with her family in London, Ontario. Visit her website at www.barbarahaworthattard.com.