Took: A Ghost Story

Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years-then lets her go and takes another one.
Thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson doesn’t believe Brody Mason’s crazy stories about the ghost witch who lives up on Brewster’s Hill with Bloody Bones, her man-eating razorback hog. He figures Brody’s probably just trying to scare him since he’s the new kid … a stuck-up snot from Connecticut. But Daniel’s seven-year-old sister Erica has become more and more withdrawn, talking to her lookalike doll. When she disappears into the woods one day, he knows something is terribly wrong. Did the witch strike? Has Erica been took ? AUTHOR: Mary Downing Hahn, a former children’s librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including ‘Wait Till Helen Come’s, which is being adapted for film. An avid reader, traveller, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives with her cat, Oscar. Visit her online at www.marydowninghahnbooks.com.