From the series Where You Dare Not Go
Hauntings at Home
Reading Level Grades 6-7Interest Level Grades 5 – 8Copyright 2025
Reviewed
From the series Where You Dare Not Go
Reading Level Grades 6-7Interest Level Grades 5 – 8Copyright 2025
ReviewedA home is a place to feel safe and the farm is full of life. But what if they became places fright and death? Travel the world, visiting real homes and farms with creepy legends and unbelievable paranormal events. Are the stories of strange figures and unexplained disturbances make-believe or signs of something more sinister? Decide for yourself . . . if you dare.
Readers won’t hesitate to “dare” venture into this thrilling series. Eighteen brief, chilling tales per volume make for suspenseful reading, and the “true story” element makes them all the more compelling. Spooky-looking covers resemble leather-bound books, and sepia-toned images supplement the text and ramp up the fright factor. Text is set against a background resembling tattered antique parchment. Some pages bear insect images, upping the “ick” quotient. Sidebars resembling dark-gray “clouds” provide additional information. Back matter includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and a QR code that leads to further reading (including the publisher’s website), and an index. Some volumes include bloody details. Caution: Horror Healings might be especially disturbing for sensitive readers, with accounts of brutal and/or gruesome “treatments” for mental patients. VERDICT Students will find much to appreciate in this engrossing series recommended for schools and public collections.
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