Mary Downing HahnDeep and Dark and Dangerous Book Stocking Stuffer

Book details Reading age 10 - 12 years Print length 200 pages Language English Grade level 5 - 7 Lexile measure 650L Dimensions 5.13 x 0.53 x 7.63 inches Publisher Clarion Books Publication date August 4, 2008 ISBN-10 0547076452 ISBN-13 978-0547076454 See all details Book overview Description Editorial reviews Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this supernatural tale, where the long-buried secret of a young girl's death in a canoe accident relentlessly makes its way to the surface of an idyllic vacation. A family secret is at the root of Mary Downing Hahn's story of supernatural events in Maine. Thirteen-year-old Ali is eager to spend her vacation with Aunt Dulcie, helping to care for her little niece, Emma, in the lake house where Dulcie and Claire, Ali's mother, spent summers. Claire, who is phobic about water, is dead set against her going but is forced to agree. The vacation by the lake turns unpleasant when Ali and Emma meet a mean, spiteful kid named Sissy. Emma idolizes and imitates Sissy, becoming bratty and hostile and accepting Sissy's dangerous dares.