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Synopsis
When Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger explore an abandoned theater, they discover an unpublished opera score. Ignoring a strange omen, they show it to their music teacher, who heralds The Day of Doom as a masterpiece. Then eerie Henry Vanderhelm, the composer's grandson, arrives--with a plan to awaken the dead and enslave the world!
Is The Doom of the Haunted Opera appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
This middle grade fantasy features supernatural peril with necromancy and a villain attempting to enslave the world, but remains age-appropriate with mild, non-graphic scares typical of classic children's gothic mysteries.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, necromancy, and enslavement.
Who'll love this
Kids who love spooky mysteries will enjoy following two friends as they race to stop an evil composer's grandson from using a haunted opera to raise the dead.