Creepy Castles - Narrative Non-Fiction About Haunting Locations, Reading for Grade 4, Developmental Learning for Young Readers - Scary Places

by Sarah Parvis

Ancient places such as castles are filled with histories, sometimes bloody and gruesome, but always fascinating. And the 11 dark places explored in this title are sure to chill young readers' imaginations. For example, at Chillingham Castle in England, they'll meet John Sage, who tortured up to 50 prisoners a week. He had a tilted floor in his torture chamber, so the victims' blood could easily drain away. John boiled some prisoners in pots and locked others away in cages with starving rats. This nonfiction narrative of evil deeds and unfortunate incidents in ancient structures, all of which are said to be haunted, will engage even the most reluctant readers. Creepy Castles is part of Bearport's Scary Places series.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Sarah Parvis is a writer and editor. She lives in Brooklyn and loves ghost stories.

Reviews

[Jacob Rice · Rating 5 out of 5]

SCARY

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about 11 Creepy Castles in the world. for exmpale The Tower Of London. there were a lot of executions the Tower of London.

[Tima · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating facts that I enjoyed reading. But it scared my 8 and 6 yr old. So use discretion when letting your kids read. Otherwise a fun book.