Bøger af Hahn Mary Downing Hahn

From the master of spookiness, Mary Downing Hahn, comes a tale ofmalicious sprites called the Kinde Folke who snatch Mollies baby brother and replace him with a hideous changeling, and of Mollies journey through eerie, perilous lands to save him.

In this Civil War-era story by favorite author Mary Downing Hahn, a boy makes a decision to harbor a wounded Confederate soldier at his family's Virginia farm, setting off a horrific chain of events.

Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this supernatural tale. The long-buried secret of a young girls death in a canoe accident relentlessly makes its way to the surface when a mysterious girl sabotages Alis idyllic vacation in Maine.

When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, 12-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore, Moura has an unusually strongalmost obsessiveinterest in the antiques that fill the mansion, especially a beautiful glass globe that Jen finds hanging in a window. When Jens cat accidentally breaks the globe, which Moura calls a witch catcher, strange things begin to happen. . . . An odd-looking girl wearing a torn dress appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and Mouras behavior becomes more sinister, leading Jen to believe that her father is a pawn in an evil scheme. Soon Jen finds herself caught in the midst of a supernatural war, with the fate of an enchanted raceand her familyat stake. Inspired by the age-old legend of witch catchers, Mary Downing Hahn brings a magical cast of characters to life in this compelling fantasy adventure. Authors note.

A white boy helps a black child escape slavery in the midst of the Civil War

When sixteen-year-old Cynda goes to stay with her father and his second wife, Susan, at their remote bed-and-breakfast inn in Maine, everything starts off well despite legends about ghosts and a murder at the inn. But Cynda feels like a visitor in Dad's new life, an outsider. Then intense, handsome stranger Vincent Morthanos arrives at the inn and seems to return Cynda's interest. At first she is blind to the subtle, insistent signs that Vincent is not what he seems-that he is, in fact, a vampire. Can Cynda free herself-and her family-from Vincent's power before it's too late? Full-bodied characterizations and page-turning suspense ensure that this eerie, riveting novel will appeal to middle school fans of mystery and horror.

This fictional re-creation of a crime that happened in Mary Downing Hahn's Maryland hometown in 1955the murder of two teenage girlsis at once a mystery and a coming-of-age story. Told from several perspectives, including that of the murderer, this latest work from the award-winning and best-selling author is sure to captivate readers.