One
For Sorrow ****
By:
Mary Downing Hahn
7
Crows for a secret, not to be told
The
book begins when Annie Browne and her family move to Mount Pleasant.
Annie will be the new kid at Pearce Academy for Girls. She's in the
6th grade and she's afraid that she won't be able to make
new friends. On Annie's first day of school one girl latches on to
her and more or less demands that she be her one and only friend.
The girl, Elsie, is hated by EVERYONE! She's a horrible, mean,
destructive little girl. The other girls in class harass her, pick
on her, exclude her – basically, bully her and make her life
miserable. But Elsie seems to deserve it, after all, she's a
tattle-tale, a liar and a thief.
Annie
is able to get away from Elsie and Annie is able to make friends with
the other “popular” girls. Annie
soon
finds herself caught up with the bullying even though she does feel
guilty about it.
The
year is 1918, the year the Spanish flu epidemic hit and millions of
people died. When Elsie dies of the Spanish flu – she returns as a
ghost to haunt Annie and take her revenge! Without spoiling the book
for readers, I'll just say, Elsie's revenge plot is horrible! What a
mean, nasty little ghost she is – just like she was when alive.
I
loved the eerie book cover art. It is sooo fitting to the story.
The characters are very well developed and it's easy to see, in my
mind's eye, this little group of 12 year old school girls running
and playing in the school yard {and doing the other not so nice
things they do}.
This
is an excellent ghost story for middle school aged children and
older. It would be a great addition to any school library.
As
a parent, I can see SO many lessons a parent could discuss with their
child(ren) from this book. Moral, ethical, what is {and is NOT}
socially acceptable behavior of children, or adults for that matter.
Thank
you to the author, publisher and netgalley for allowing me to read
this ARC book in exchange for an honest review.
My
review will be posted on amazon, goodreads, netgalley and
moonshineartspot.blogspot
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