New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic.
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with “the smiling man”–a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price.
Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she’s been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells Ollie and her classmates: “Best get moving. At nightfall they’ll come for the rest of you.” Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie’s previously broken digital wristwatch begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN.
Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed these warnings. As the trio head out into the woods–bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them–the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: “Avoid large places. Keep to small.”
And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: G.p. Putnam's Sons Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780525515029
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 25/09/2018
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Katherine Arden
Katherine Arden nació en Austin, Texas, aunque ha vivido y estudiado en Rennes, Francia, y en Moscú. Tras licenciarse en Literatura Francesa y en Literatura Rusa por el Middlebury College de Vermont, se mudó a Hawái, donde trabajó en cosas tan dispares como hacer crepes o guiar excursiones a caballo. En la actualidad reside en Vermont y es autora de varios libros, entre los que destaca la trilogía que comienza con El oso y el ruiseñor (Nocturna, 2019).