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The Nightmare House
- Author
- Sarah Allen
- Narrator
- Kelli Garland
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 8 August 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From Sarah Allen, the acclaimed author of What Stars Are Made Of and Breathing Underwater, comes a chilling middle-grade tale of fear, friendship, and finding courage even in the darkest of moments. In this monster story that’s also an allegory for relentless anxiety, see how far a penny’s worth of hope will take you when you enter The Nightmare House.
I saw a person with blank, colorless eyes … and this time, I wasn’t dreaming.
Penny Hope used to be brave, but that was before she met the Fear Maker. Years later, he still haunts her nightmares―a tall, thin man with red eyes, in a haunted house in the woods, who devours human souls and leaves their eyes hollow and empty. Penny’s beloved grandma tells her to write down these nightmares as poems in her notebook. But then Penny starts seeing blank-eyed people in the waking world, too. She’s the only one who notices.
Critics Review
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“The Nightmare House is timeless, exciting, beautiful, creepy, and above all, full of the hope that lights even the darkest nights.”
Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author
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“A gorgeous book with scares enough for the brave at heart and heart enough for everyone. I loved every page.”
Lora Senf, author of The Clackity
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“Poetic prose and visceral emotion infuse realistic depth into this mood-driven, allegorical portrayal of mental illness.”
Publishers Weekly
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“[Penny’s] poems weave their way through the narrative, fortifying Allen’s own lyrical writing and adding to the overall message that strength can be found in words and creativity.”
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Allen
- Narrator
- Kelli Garland
- Duration
- 6 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9798212376044
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
Synopsis
From Sarah Allen, the acclaimed author of What Stars Are Made Of and Breathing Underwater, comes a chilling middle-grade tale of fear, friendship, and finding courage even in the darkest of moments. In this monster story that’s also an allegory for relentless anxiety, see how far a penny’s worth of hope will take you when you enter The Nightmare House.I saw a person with blank, colorless eyes … and this time, I wasn’t dreaming.Penny Hope used to be brave, but that was before she met the Fear Maker. Years later, he still haunts her nightmares―a tall, thin man with red eyes, in a haunted house in the woods, who devours human souls and leaves their eyes hollow and empty. Penny’s beloved grandma tells her to write down these nightmares as poems in her notebook. But then Penny starts seeing blank-eyed people in the waking world, too. She’s the only one who notices.
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