BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
A young girl is out at night (presumably Halloween) and around each corner she feels as if something is stalking her.
The author is trying to tell us that sometimes we’re scared by things that aren’t scary at all when viewed in the light. However, there are no clues (footprints, realistic shadows) to clue the reader into what is coming. Instead the whole book feels like a commercial for a horror movie - until the final couple of pages. Try A Not-So-Scary Story by Barney Saltzberg (https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-not-so-scary-story-by-barney.html) instead.
The little girl is white.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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