• Age: 9 to 12
• Grade: 4 to 7

In this frightfully funny novel by L.M. Falcone, somebody has moved into the creepy, abandoned cottage in the cemetery across the road from Will Trenom's house in small, sleepy Port Elgin. Will is on a perfectly normal errand on a perfectly normal day when he knocks on the cottage door.

Suddenly, a crazy sumo wrestler with gold hoop earrings is chasing him through the cemetery while a strange man with long blond hair --- who calls himself the devil's nephew --- laughs. Then, late that night, Will hears crying in the cemetery and sees a ghostly old woman hovering above the gates. What kind of neighbors are these? What the devil is going on?

L.M. Falcone has worked as a teacher, a private investigator and a screenwriter. Her writing credits include television's popular preteen series Are You Afraid of the Dark?, as well as the novels Walking with the Dead, The Devil, the Banshee and Me and The Midnight Curse. She lives in Toronto.

L.M. Falcone's profile page

• Winner, Red Cedar Award
• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
• Short-listed, Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime, Crime Writers of Canada

This light-hearted roller coaster ride through the supernatural will provide enough action, twists, and scary situations to keep students interested from the first page to the last.

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Those willing to jump into this bizarre yet engaging showdown will be rewarded with a well-told and thoughtful story about the ambiguity behind a good versus evil showdown.

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