It Found Us
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–13 · 2023 · Est. 6 hour read

It Found Us

By Lindsay Currie

A girl detective races against time to solve eerie clues and find a missing boy linked to a haunted cemetery.

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288 pages· 52,998 words· Est. 6 hour read
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Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods loves solving mysteries, but when her brother's friend Everett vanishes during a cemetery game, her skills are truly tested. As Hazel and her brother Den search for Everett, they encounter chilling whispers, smoky scents, and a ghostly presence. Could these be tied to the cemetery's tragic past? With time running out, Hazel must decode the ominous clues before Everett is lost forever. Will she uncover the truth behind the century-old spirits, or will the mystery remain buried?

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl detective who must decode a series of ominous clues tied to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager before it’s too late…Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual knack for sleuthing. Some may call it snooping, but all she really wants is to solve mysteries around town. So, when she not-so-accidentally overhears her brother Den planning to sneak into the cemetery at night for an epic game of hide-and-seek, she decides to secretly tag along. This seems like the perfect opportunity to investigate the claims that the cemetery is haunted.But the moment the game ends, Hazel realizes something is very, very wrong. From her hiding spot in the bushes, she overhears that her brother’s best friend, Everett, is missing. Everyone else was found by the seeker but there’s no sign of Everett anywhere. It’s as if he just . . . vanishedHazel and Den are determined to find Everett before it’s too late. But as they begin to unravel the terrifying clues that started appearing since that night in the graveyard-eerie whispers that sound like someone counting, the intermittent smell of smoke, and the cold, lost presence that follows them everywhere, she’s not sure what they are dealing with. But Everett needs more than search parties and scent-tracking dogs to find him, especially if his disappearance is tied to the history of the cemetery, and the lost, century-old spirits that might still be trapped there . . .

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Format
Pages
288
Words
52,998
Reading age
8–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
540L
Themes & topics
Books about haunted placesBooks about siblingsBooks about ghostsBooks about missing persons
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.1
F&P level
~N
AR points
8
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
522981
Publication
Published
September 5, 2023
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781728259499

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