The Haunting of Hounds Hollow

by Jeffrey Salane

Overview

A perfectly spooky read for middle-grade dog lovers.

Sometimes man's best friend is loyal for life... and beyond!Lucas Trainer has just moved to the middle of nowhere -- a town called Hounds Hollow, where ghostly dogs prowl at night. At first, he's terrified by the nightly apparitions. But as he slowly uncovers the mystery behind the town, he learns that a ghost dog's bark is worse than its bite... and in fact the dogs are protecting the town from an even more terrifying threat.Spooky, fun, and mysterious, this is author Jeffrey Salane's stand-alone follow-up to the Lawless series, and is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children... and dog lovers of all stripes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338105513
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey Salane grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, but moved north to study in Massachusetts and New York City. After spending many years playing in many bands, he now works as an editor and writer, and lives with his family in Brooklyn. Visit him at jeffreysalane.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Justice:"The engaging action of this sci-fi thriller will keep readers on their toes and hungry for the next installment." — Booklist"This adventure/spy novel, with training courses straight out of a video game, has ample sources of intrigue with double agents, futuristic technology, secret objectives, and cunning characters to boot." — Horn Book"A good choice for younger thriller readers." — School Library JournalPraise for Lawless:An IRA-CBC Children's Choice 2014 Reading List selectionA CBC 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards finalist"Lawless is fast moving and fun." — School Library Journal"Middle-grade readers will be caught up in M's training and adventures and will read late into the night to find out what happens next." — Booklist

From the Publisher

2018-05-28
A mysteriously ill boy fights off undead dogs in this spooky middle-grade novel.Lucas Trainer doesn't want to leave his home in the city. But his mom just inherited a country house from a great-great-uncle, and his parents hope that moving to the woods will help Lucas breathe. He suffers from a strange illness they've nicknamed the Dark Cloud, one without a diagnosis or consistent treatment. When they arrive they learn that the house is actually a rambling mansion, constantly in the process of renovation and expansion by a crew of eerie construction workers. The house and surrounding woods are also definitely haunted. There are inexplicable blasts of heat, demonic roaming beasts, a probably-dead gray boy, and a pack of ghostly dogs. With the help of his new friends Bess, white like the Trainer family, and a shutterbug nicknamed Lens, described as black, Lucas is determined to unravel the strange goings-on. Uneven characterization, jerky pacing, and incomplete worldbuilding all distract from a potent idea. Similarly, the depiction of Lucas' strange chronic illness feels added on when convenient, but it doesn't add to the texture of his story, while the supernatural happenings feel inadequately wrapped up by the end.Middle-grade horror is a difficult genre; Salane's attempt will appeal only to some. (Horror. 8-12)

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