What the Dead Want
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A love of photography, an old camera, and countless questionsâthese are all that sixteen-year-old Gretchen has left of her mother, who mysteriously disappeared years ago.
Now she must return to the place where her mom vanishedâa decaying mansion that Gretchen has suddenly inherited from her great-aunt Esther. However, Gretchen wonât find the answers sheâs seeking without unraveling the secrets that lurk inside the house. There are stacks of photographs and letters from her ancestors that go back centuries, pointing to some kind of haunting past. But when proof of the mansionâs dark history appears to Gretchen in the form of ghostly visions and the soft, eerie whisper of her motherâs voice, thereâs no doubt that something sinister has taken place there.
No matter how scared she might be, Gretchen must somehow uncover the reasons why this indescribable force has descended upon her family and find a way to set everyoneâeven the deadâfree.
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Norah Olson is a former journalist who covered criminal cases for a regional New York newspaper and received a prestigious fellowship for her work. She was educated in New England and lives in Manhattan. Her novels for young adults include Twisted Fate, Before Now, and What the Dead Want.
