Thu, March 22nd, 2012
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Here’s a gothic tale of mystery set in a creepy old mansion on aptly named Cough Rock Island. The Humming Room (Feiwel & Friends 2012) is inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic The Secret Garden but certainly reminds me of other books as well. Like Bod in Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, Roo’s adventures [...]
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Sat, August 14th, 2010
The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: My first experience with Wuthering Heights comes from a Classics Illustrated version of the title from my childhood. Still, Heathcliff haunts me and who wouldn’t be intrigued by the story behind this brooding, evil character living on the English moors. The House of Dead Maids (Henry Holt, 2010) is Clare Dunkle’s creepy prequel-of-sorts to [...]
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