Deep and Dark and Dangerous

Mary Downing Hahn

Aug 2008 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one who’s been torn out of the picture?

Ali figures she’ll find out while she’s vacationing in Maine with Dulcie and her four-year-old daughter, Emma, in the house where Ali’s mother’s family used to spend summers. All hopes for relaxation are quashed shortly after their arrival, though, when the girls meet Sissy, a kid who’s mean and spiteful and a bad influence on Emma.

Strangest of all, Sissy keeps talking about a girl named Teresa who drowned under mysterious circumstances back when Claire and Dulcie were kids, and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks Sissy’s just trying to scare her with a ghost story, but soon she discovers the real reason why Sissy is so angry. . . . Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this new supernatural tale that’s certain to send shivers down her readers’ spines.

Ratings and reviews

This book is very good for 8-13 year olds, and those who scare easily. It is laid-back to the extreme and seems barely animated. It isn't scary in the least. There are twists and turns, but in the end everything is okay, and the ghost is nice. Classic. But, it is good for mommy-daughter reads. It's not all a load of non-scary, inanimate, seemingly unedited, and boring.

I ONLY ON PAGE 27 AND I ALREADY LOVE THE BOOK AND IM ONLY 11 I CAN SAY ALL THE WORDS AND EVERYTHING.MY FRIENDS AND I ARE MAKING A BOOK CLUB ANR REDING IT ITS GREAT I THINK IM GONNA LIKE THE BOOK SO FAR MY FAV PAGE IS 5 WHEN SHE SAYING YOU BETTER FIX THIS.

This author keeps building the suspense in this mysterious story of a young girl who drowned after taking a rowboat out on the water alone. But was she alone, or were Ali's mother and aunt involved in Teresa's death?

About the author

Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.