In this sweetly snarky, poignant tale of the supernatural, the terrors come less from the afterlife than from this one–losing loved ones, losing your home, losing your job.
Book Awards
Kirkus Reviews
As in The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (2012), Legrand shows twin knacks for creating creepy supernatural elements and thoroughly scary experiences for her central characters.
Booklist Online
[Legrand]’s fantasy epic is stuffed with enough thrilling battles, simmering romantic tension, and dramatic pacing to keep readers on the hook.
A New York Public Library Best Book for Children
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer, 2016
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer, 2016