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Reviewed on December 9, 2022 | YA
Gr 8 Up—An eerie story of family secrets, murder, curses, and the un-living. Seventeen-year-old Helen Vaughan is different: she has never had a friend, is homeschooled, and was accused of attacking a child when she was young. There's a "darkness" to her that people are repelled by. When her estranged grandfather dies, Helen has to travel back to the Harrowstone Hall estate where she was born, along with her mother and her mother's boyfriend, to attend the funeral. Her family's striking...Log In or Sign Up to Read More