One for Sorrow: A Ghost Story

by Mary Downing Hahn

Book Overview

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her. Young readers who revel in spooky stories will relish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544818091
• ISBN13: 9780544818095
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A ghost story, but not a horror book.

Mary Downing Hahn is an excellent storyteller, and this one did not disappoint. However, although this is a ghost story, it's not really a horror story. It's more of a paranormal historical fiction set during the Spanish Flu pandemic.