Closed for the Season

Mary Downing Hahn

Sept 2010 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this eBook

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery

Two friends set out to solve the years-old mystery of a murder, testing their friendship and placing them in danger, in this creepy thriller by suspense master Mary Downing Hahn.

A pair of thirteen-year-old boys investigate the unsolved theft and murder that took place in the old house one boy's family has just moved into. Their quest takes them to the highest and lowest levels of society in their small Maryland town, and eventually to a dark and derelict amusement park where someone will go to any length to shut down their investigation for good.

Themes of adjusting to a new town, navigating complex friendships, and resisting a bully are deftly explored in this eerie page-turner.

Ratings and reviews

Logan Forbes has just moved into the most run down house he has ever seen. To make matters worse Arthur, the know-it-all kid next door makes himself at home in their new house. Logan’s mother doesn’t like Arthur and decides he is not to be believed. Especially when he tells them that the old lady who lived there before them was murdered. Arthur proves to Logan that the story is true. The two boys set out to prove who murdered the old lady.

This book is amazing. I love how it lets you imagine it like a film in your head. Once you start reading this book you will get so in to it you will not want to stop reading it till the end. I recommended it to all my friends and family and hope they get a chance to read it . I found out about this book in a book sale my school ,Etta gero #9 school, had. I read the back of the book and saw it was a very interesting book. This is the most amazing, exciting, mystery, book i've ever read. I love this book !!!!!

This book is one of the very few books I ever read for free time and finished reading it. This is my favorite book and I don't even like to read. I have read it to my sister and she loves it.

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.