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Heroine archetypes
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Synopsis
Based on Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw," tells the story of Jamie Atkinson's summer spent as a nanny in a small Rhode Island beach town, where she begins to fear that the estate may be haunted, especially after she learns of two deaths that occurred there the previous summer.
Is Tighter appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A gothic ghost story with mild supernatural scares and themes of death and haunting. Based on a classic Henry James tale, it explores psychological tension and the uncertain boundary between real and imagined.
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
A creepy summer mystery about a nanny who discovers the beach estate she's working at might be haunted by two people who died there.