Curse of the Dead-Eyed Doll

By Thomas Kingsley Troupe, Maggie Ivy (Illustrator)

Part of the Haunted States of America series

A cursed doll haunts Al after he ignores a warning. Can he escape its sinister grip?

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136 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Alejandro Padilla dismisses the eerie tales of a haunted sailor doll in a Key West museum. Ignoring warnings, he snaps a photo, unleashing a series of unsettling events. As these occurrences grow more sinister, Al must confront the chilling possibility that the doll is tormenting him. Can he unravel the mystery and break free from its grasp, or will he be trapped in a nightmare spun from local ghost lore? Dive into a spine-tingling tale where history and haunting collide, leaving you questioning the line between reality and the supernatural.

From the publisher

Alejandro Padilla isn’t superstitious and he doesn’t believe the stories that an old sailor doll in a Key West, Florida, museum is haunted. Robert the Doll might look creepy, but that doesn’t mean the doll is cursed. So Al ignores the tour guide’s warning to ask Robert’s permission before taking the doll’s photograph. But it isn’t long after Al’s field trip to the museum that strange things start happening. Al is quick to dismiss the odd occurrences as coincidence and bad luck . . . that is until they become more frequent and more sinister. Is the doll tormenting Al? And if so, what will Al have to do to get him to stop? Every state has its own spine-tingling stories of ghosts and mysterious hauntings grounded in its regional history. The Haunted States of America series uses real-life ghost lore as jumping-off points to new, chilling tales. An author’s note provides historical origins and fascinating facts, but beware: sometimes real life is stranger than fiction.

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