Shadows and Whispers: 9Tales from the Other Side - Hardcover

McDonald, Collin A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525651845 ISBN 13: 9780525651840

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 1994

Synopsis

The author of The Chilling Hour presents eerie tales of strange shadows and stranger events, in which a boy finds himself dodging bullets in a gunfight that took place one hundred years in the past, and more.

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From Booklist:

Gr. 5-7. Younger readers will enjoy these eight short stories with hints of the supernatural. In the first and most suspenseful tale, Gina tries to investigate frightening rumors about the school's band director, only to discover that another administrator is the individual responsible for the gruesome disappearance of several students and teachers. The rest of the stories are milder in subject matter, but all stretch reality. In several, the brush with the supernatural takes place in a dream--or does it? A long-forgotten death resurfaces in the identical dreams of each girl at a slumber party given by the killer's daughter. Another dream reveals an unforgiving whale taking revenge on its human predators. The settings for the stories are varied. While traveling out west, Becky and her family learn the hard way that it pays to be kind to strangers. As carnival king, Tom needs to rent a tux, but he doesn't realize that wearers of the formal attire take on the personality of previous renters. Sophisticated readers may be disturbed at the recurrence of the dream technique, but all the tales are easy to read and entertaining. Susan DeRonne

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0525651845
• ISBN 13: 9780525651840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144