# The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales - Hardcover

by **Mary Downing Hahn** (Author)

The author of wildly popular ghost stories, Mary Downing Hahn has created a group of tales for fans of her "scary but not too scary" books. Even the stories without actual ghosts are spooky. Each tale turns something ordinary--a pigeon, a white dress, a stranger on the bus, a puppet--into a sinister link to the supernatural. For the human characters, secrets from the past or careless behavior in the present can lead to serious trouble. All the stories have a young person as the central character, so all will resonate with young readers who enjoy the eerie, the creepy, and the otherworldly. In a concluding note, the author talks about how she came to write ghost stories.

### Author Biography

**Mary Downing Hahn**, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories. Her work has won more than fifty child-voted state awards. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland. Visit her online at www.marydowninghahnbooks.com.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** September 01, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 5

## Details

- **Price:** 16.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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