At first Ali thinks Sissy is just trying to scare her with a ghost story, but soon she discovers the real reason why Sissy is so angry: she is the ghost of Teresa and blames Claire and Dulcie for her death. This story is described as being from the point of view of 12-year old Holly, who has been left alone for the summer with her father, who works for NASA. Its fascinating and keeps you on your toes as it progresses. Sissy keeps talking about Teresa, a girl who drowned under mysterious circumstances when Claire and Dulcie were kids. 'Deep and Dark and Dangerous' by Mary Downing Hahn is one of the best stories Ive listened to in a long time. Emma idolizes and imitates Sissy, becoming bratty and hostile and accepting Sissy's dangerous dares. The vacation by the lake turns unpleasant when Ali and Emma meet a mean, spiteful kid named Sissy. Claire, who is phobic about water, is dead set against her going but is forced to agree. Thirteen-year-old Ali is eager to spend her vacation with Aunt Dulcie, helping to care for her little niece, Emma, in the lake house where Dulcie and Claire, Ali's mother, spent summers. A family secret is at the root of Mary Downing Hahn's story of supernatural events in Maine. Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this supernatural tale, where the long-buried secret of a young girl's death in a canoe accident relentlessly makes its way to the surface of an idyllic vacation. Name written inside on the back of the front cover.
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