Book Review: The Puppet’s Payback and Other Chilling Tales by Mary Downing Hahn
The Puppet’s Payback and Other Chilling Tales
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Published: September 1, 2021
192 Pages
Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 5 stars
Book Description:
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.
Kim’s Review:
Another amazing kid’s horror book by Hahn! I really liked this anthology! The stories were all creepy and had me nervous without being too scary. This fits in perfectly with Scary Tales ( see our double review for the series here) and is a great way to introduce kids to horror. Perfect for Halloween!!
Purchase Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK
