• Age: 8 to 12
• Grade: 3 to 7

Having grown up in the country with woods to explore and lakes to swim in, Matt isn't exactly thrilled when his parents move to a new subdivision of cookie-cutter houses. But he's determined to make the most of the move. His little sister Sophie, on the other hand, is absolutely miserable. That is, until they discover that the house next door — an old stone farmhouse, whose owners have stubbornly refused to sell to developers — has a horse!

Sophie doesn't care if the horse is past its prime; maybe whoever lives next door might even let her ride it if she helps care for it. Which would be a great plan...if only the horse and its owners weren't already dead!

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Joel A. Sutherland is the Silver Birch and Hackmatack Award-winning author of the Haunted series. He is the founder of the DarkLit Fest. Joel has a Masters of Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University in Wales and lives in southeastern Ontario with his family, where he is always on the lookout for ghosts. Visit him at joelasutherland.com.