She enjoys working at the local library with her Aunt's best friend, Lily, and has a fantastic relationship with her Aunt Des. When we meet Evie, she is a happy little girl, on the cusp of her summer holiday. Will she ever find Des, or is The Clackity planning something far more sinister?Īfter a childhood tragedy, Evie Von Rathe moves to the town of Blight Harbor, the 7th-most haunted town in America, to live with her Aunt Desdemona, the local paranormal expert. Evie reluctantly embarks on a journey into a strange otherworld filled with hungry witches, penny-eyed ghosts, and a memory-thief, all while being pursued by a dead man whose only goal is to add Evie to his collection of lost souls. The Clackity makes a deal with Evie to help get Des back in exchange for the ghost of John Jeffrey Pope, a serial killer who stalked Blight Harbor a hundred years earlier. There she meets The Clackity, a creature who lives in the shadows and seams of the slaughterhouse. But when her aunt disappears into the building, Evie goes searching for her. Des doesn’t have many rules except one: Stay out of the abandoned slaughterhouse at the edge of town.

Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows) middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must rescue her aunt by entering a world of ghosts, witches, and monsters to play a game with deadly consequences.Įvie Von Rathe lives in Blight Harbor-the seventh-most haunted town in America-with her Aunt Desdemona, the local paranormal expert.

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces, this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A.

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