ABANDONED. YA book with girl in front of gate on cover

[Lana]

I'm looking for a Young Adult book that probably came out in the mid to late nineties. A girl with dark hair is standing in front of a tall gate and behind that I think is a mansion. The book is in a R.L. Stine type genre.

[Tab]

Do you remember the plot of the book?

[Lana]

It may have had to do with a curse on her family or her. I read it over 10 years ago so I'm pretty fuzzy on the plot end.

[OddModicum Rachel]

Hmmmm... I just read the Lyburn Legacy series (I thought the series was outstanding, and I'm close to 40, so a YA book has to work pretty hard for me to fall in love with it), and theres a woodcut type image of a girl and a gate on the cover, I believe...
Is this it?
The problem with that sort of imagery is its pretty iconic 'secret garden' stuff, so its not uncommon at all. Crossing fingers Unspoken was the one you were hunting for, but if memory serves it was published somewhat recently. However, the curse thing fits, and its a fab series, so if its not the right book, maybe you can discover a great new one. ;)

[Lana]

That's the type of gate. A big wrought iron one. She was facing forward and her image was clear. All features shown and hair color dark. It was a small trade paperback book. That's not it Rachel, but I do have that on my to read list :)

[SparksofEmber]

Probably not it but or

[Michele]

Can you recall any other details, no matter how small, about the book? For example: age of main character, whether the "gate" motif was central to the story, length of book, any other characters (friends, parents, teachers), etc.? You never know what might spark a memory.

[Lana]

She was high school age.It was modern day time. It was under 200 pages. Trade paperback size. The gate led to a mansion,I think the book had something to do with the mansion from what I recall.

[Holly]

Anything on this list? https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

[Lana]

No Holly. None of those :(

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Ash, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Michele]

Not a gate, but very similar and could be (mis)remembered as one:

[Krista]

The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter? Not quite a gate, but gate-like.

[Cat]

Maybe . Not really Stine(ish) but very creepy.

[Sheila]

A ton VC Andrews novels have gates on the covers, and fit that 90s horror theme: And so on!

[Kara]

Hey Ash, I think this is what you are looking for! Read it myself back in the day! . I remember the trilogy more than the individual books, and they basically dealt with why Fear Street had been cursed.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Ash, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"

No response in 2.5 years. Moving to Abandoned.