The crossroads

By Chris Grabenstein

Subjects: Ghosts, fiction, Moving, household, fiction, Guilt, Juvenile Fiction, Family life, fiction, Household Moving, Ghost stories, Families, Moving, Connecticut, fiction, Traffic accidents, Stepparents, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Traffic accidents, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Stepmothers, Ghosts, Family life

Description: ZACK, HIS DAD, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father's hometown, not knowing that their new house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a fiery crash, and his malevolent spirit has inhabited the tree ever since. During a huge storm, lightning hits the tree, releasing the spirit, who decides his evil spree isn't over . . . and Zack is directly in his sights.Award-winning thriller author Chris Grabenstein fills his first book for younger readers with the same humorous and spine-tingling storytelling that has made him a fast favorite with adults.From the Hardcover edition.