The Hamden Public Library invites readers from grades 4-6 to get acquainted with the 2012 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees. Here you will find brief descriptions of each book and links to more information about the authors. Best of all you can leave your comments about each book you read and join our 'straw pole' for your favorite.
November 22, 2010
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
Ali is excited to spend the summer with her aunt and cousin at the lake. Life is great until her cousin meets a young girl who stirs up trouble. Will Ali’s summer warm up or will the cold and icy lake claim another victim?
I LOVE this amazing, sad,and moving ghost story! When Ali's aunt comes, Ali finds a photo of her mom, aunt, and someone else, teared out... suspicious... Ali is brought to the house that her mother and aunt grew up in, NOT what her mom wanted. She must baby-sit her little cousin. A girl, Sissy, comes and makes Ali's little sister do what she wants. Ali doesn't like this Sissy girl, Ali thinks she a bad influence on her cousin, and she gets Ali in trouble. Finally, someone tells Ali who the girl in the picture is. I won't tell you who,or how the girl in the picture DROWNED, and Ali finds out that Sissy is a ...(I won't tell you!) after Sissy tries to drown Ali and her cousin....
After Ali sees a torn photo of her mom, her aunt, and another girl who's name begins with a T, she begins to ask questions that her aunt and mom do not answer. After going to the lake her aunt and mom used to go to, her and Emma meet Sissy. Sissy is very mean, and tries to ruin their summer. After putting the pieces together, Ali figures it all out. Find out who Sissy really is and what she really is. What does she have to do with "T"? Why would she ruin their summer? Read this mysterious ghost story.
This book is amazing, it may start off slow but it becomes suspecful. If you get scarred easily this may not be the right book for you. Deep and Dark and Dangerous is my favorite book EVER!!!! It will leave you on your feet until the last word. You MUST read it.
This suspenseful adventure from Mary Downing Hahn is a great story about a girl named Ali who is visiting a lake house in Maine that her mom and aunt visited when they were small. She’s there babysitting for her little cousin Emma when they meat a girl named Sissy. Emma is only five and she hasn’t had many friends, so she decides to make Sissy her best friend. Ali soon becomes very suspicious about Sissy. As the story unfolds, a secret is revealed that will greatly surprise you.
very sad , moving. H.A.G.S. everyone
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I LOVE this amazing, sad,and moving ghost story!
ReplyDeleteWhen Ali's aunt comes, Ali finds a photo of her mom, aunt, and someone else, teared out...
suspicious...
Ali is brought to the house that her mother and aunt grew up in, NOT what her mom wanted. She must baby-sit her little cousin. A girl, Sissy, comes and makes Ali's little sister do what she wants. Ali doesn't like this Sissy girl, Ali thinks she a bad influence on her cousin, and she gets Ali in trouble.
Finally, someone tells Ali who the girl in the picture is. I won't tell you who,or how the girl in the picture DROWNED, and Ali finds out that Sissy is a ...(I won't tell you!) after Sissy tries to drown Ali and her cousin....
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I really liked this book. Even though Emma is being mean to Ali because of Sissy, Ali tries to protect Emma from Sissy.
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After Ali sees a torn photo of her mom, her aunt, and another girl who's name begins with a T, she begins to ask questions that her aunt and mom do not answer. After going to the lake her aunt and mom used to go to, her and Emma meet Sissy. Sissy is very mean, and tries to ruin their summer. After putting the pieces together, Ali figures it all out. Find out who Sissy really is and what she really is. What does she have to do with "T"? Why would she ruin their summer? Read this mysterious ghost story.
ReplyDeleteLUV it!!!!!!! Pretty good so far...
ReplyDeleteBut who's T??????!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteLUV it...pretty good so far...
But who's T??????
This book is amazing, it may start off slow but it becomes suspecful. If you get scarred easily this may not be the right book for you. Deep and Dark and Dangerous is my favorite book EVER!!!! It will leave you on your feet until the last word. You MUST read it.
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This suspenseful adventure from Mary Downing Hahn is a great story about a girl named Ali who is visiting a lake house in Maine that her mom and aunt visited when they were small. She’s there babysitting for her little cousin Emma when they meat a girl named Sissy. Emma is only five and she hasn’t had many friends, so she decides to make Sissy her best friend. Ali soon becomes very suspicious about Sissy. As the story unfolds, a secret is revealed that will greatly surprise you.
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