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Heroine archetypes
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Synopsis
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.
Is The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A gentle ghost story where a girl befriends a spirit from the past and helps resolve an old family tragedy. Mild supernatural elements and themes of death/loss, but handled sensitively with a hopeful resolution.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, grief, and haunted location.
Who'll love this
Readers who love ghost stories with heart will enjoy Jules's mystery-solving friendship with a spirit trapped in her new house.