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Gallows Hill

by Lois Duncan

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Stephen said: " Sarah Zoltanne is having to become forced to move from California to Missouri with her mother and her mother's boy friend. even though it was a new experience, Sarah gets picked to be a fortune teller at a school event. Sarah has no idea what she is Sarah Zoltanne is having to become forced to move from California to Missouri with her mother and her mother's boy friend. even though it was a new experience, Sarah gets picked to be a fortune teller at a school event. Sarah has no idea what she is now in for or is about to experience. When Sarah begins to tell people what their fortunes are they turn out to become real causing Sarah to freak out a little bit. Sarah then starts to have freaky dreams about the Salem witch trials and starts to become even more frightened and curious to why this is happening to her. The book begins to unwind when it reveals how the kids who try and accuse Sarah of being a witch are actually reincarnations of some of the (Christian) people from the Salem witch trials.
My Favorite character in this book was "unfortunately" the main character Sarah Zoltanne. The way she played herself into the minds of the kids around her really impressed me. She was able to convince them to seek out things to prove that Sarah really was a witch and at the same time have them commit illegal acts. The characters were able to make me feel very real and at some times make me feel nervous about what was to come next. ,y favorite part of this book was when Sarah scared one of the kids that was sneaking into her room and told them she was going to put a curse on them. This was a really well written scene because it added a little more mystery to Sarah's character. this book made me laugh at many scenes and at the same time it made me a little tense and quite honestly spooked during certain parts. This story definitely had my attention and kept me turning to the next available page to read.
I did not like the whole mystic theme of the book. Even though the book itself was well written and interesting it could have been toned down in the level of spookiness.
I give this book a five star rating because of the way the author wrote it. The author included a great story line a long with a creative idea of basically mimicking the old Salem witch trials to present time. I like the chills it gave me from multiple points in the book and different the way it interested me to turn to the next page. I enjoyed this book, but It would not be mt first book that I would recommend to one of my friends. ...more "

Jan 12, 2016 08:21AM · see review