Thornhill

by: Pam Smy
A lonely girl in a new town. A ghostly figure in the window. A derelict old house. And a mystery spanning the decades.
An orphan faces a bully alone and plots her revenge. Years later, a girl catches glimpses of a figure in the window of a burned-out and abandoned old house, and begins to unravel the mystery of Thornhill. {cover copy}
I really liked the idea of this story, but it ended up being really weird and creepy and I didn't like the ending at all. It's like a legit ghost story for kids. Which I suppose in its own way is awesome, because some kids are going to figure out that they love this kind of story and will search out a new section of the book store or library, but this was definitely not up my alley. I loved how the story interchanged between words and pictures as well as timeframes, but it did not go in the direction I expected at all. Pretty cool cover tho.

I knew it was too good to last. {first line}
• friend • {last word}