Harvest House

Title
Harvest House

Personal Author EPSB
Cynthia Leitich, Smith

Summary
Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He's excited to take part in the fun, spooky show -- until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an "Indian maiden," a ghost inspired by local legend, will headline. Folklore aside, unusual things have been happening at night at the crossroads near Harvest House. A creepy man is stalking teenage girls and young women, particularly Indigenous women; dogs are fretful and on edge; and wild animals are behaving strangely. While Hughie weighs how and when to speak up about the bigoted legend, he and his friends begin to investigate the crossroads and whether it might be haunted after all. As Moon rises on All Hallow's Eve, will they be able to protect themselves and their community?

Year Published
2023-2024

Physical Description
294 pages ; 22 cm

Awards
2026 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Intermediate nominee

Subject
High school students -- Fiction.
 
Halloween -- Fiction.
 
Autumn festivals -- Fiction.
 
Stalkers -- Fiction.
 
Haunted houses (Amusements) -- Fiction.
 
Haunted places -- Fiction.
 
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction.
 
Muskogee -- Fiction.

Genre
Ghost stories.
 
Detective and mystery fiction.
 
Thrillers (Fiction)

Summary
Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He's excited to take part in the fun, spooky show -- until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an "Indian maiden," a ghost inspired by local legend, will headline. Folklore aside, unusual things have been happening at night at the crossroads near Harvest House. A creepy man is stalking teenage girls and young women, particularly Indigenous women; dogs are fretful and on edge; and wild animals are behaving strangely. While Hughie weighs how and when to speak up about the bigoted legend, he and his friends begin to investigate the crossroads and whether it might be haunted after all. As Moon rises on All Hallow's Eve, will they be able to protect themselves and their community?

ISBN
9781536218602
 
9781536236187

Publisher
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
 
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024.
 
©2023


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