The Girl in the Locked Room
The Girl in the Locked Room

The Girl in the Locked Room

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10 - 12
Reading age
208
Page count
171
Words per page
~669L
Lexile measure
Sep 3, 2019
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Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present.A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules’s parents love the house, but Jules is frightened and feels a sense of foreboding. When she sees a pale face in an upstairs window, though, she can’t stop wondering about the eerie presence on the top floor–in a room with a locked door. Could it be someone who lived in the house a century earlier?Her fear replaced by fascination, Jules is determined to make contact with the mysterious figure and help unlock the door. Past and present intersect as she and her ghostly friend discover–and change–the fate of the family who lived in the house all those many years ago.A thrilling and unputdownable spinetingling ghost story from a bestselling master of the genre!

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      Mary Downing Hahn

      Mary Downing Hahn, a former children’s librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland. Visit her online at www.marydowninghahnbooks.com.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780358097556
    Publication Date
    September 3, 2019
    Publisher
    Clarion Books
    Original Publication Date
    September 4, 2018
    Page Count
    208
    Words Per Page
    171
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2018006980
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~669L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    197167
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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