Dead voices

Title:

Dead voices

Author:

Arden, Katherine, author.

Personal Author:

Arden, Katherine, author.

ISBN:

9780525515050

Physical Description:

236, 9 pages ; 22 cm

General Note:

Sequel to: Small spaces.

Abstract:

"Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Haunted places -- Juvenile fiction.

Resorts -- Juvenile fiction.

Skis and skiing -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Best friends -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Haunted places -- Fiction.

Resorts -- Fiction.

Skis and skiing -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction.

Children's stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Summary:

"Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"--

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New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in the critically acclaimed Small Spaces Quartet.

Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces , newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at Mount Hemlock Resort. But when a snowstorm sets in, causing the power to flicker out and the cold to creep closer and closer, the three are forced to settle for hot chocolate and board games by the fire.

Ollie, Coco, and Brian are determined to make the best of being snowed in, but odd things keep happening. Coco is convinced she has seen a ghost, and Ollie is having nightmares about frostbitten girls pleading for help. Then Mr. Voland, a mysterious ghost hunter, arrives in the midst of the storm to investigate the hauntings at Hemlock Lodge. Ollie, Coco, and Brian want to trust him, but Ollie's watch, which once saved them from the smiling man, has a new cautionary message- BEWARE.

With Mr. Voland's help, Ollie, Coco, and Brian reach out to the dead voices at Mount Hemlock. Maybe the ghosts need their help--or maybe not all ghosts can or should be trusted.

Dead Voices is a terrifying follow-up to Small Spaces with thrills and chills galore and the captive foreboding of a classic ghost story.

Reviews (2)

Horn Book Review

This chilling sequel to Small Spaces (rev. 11/18) finds Ollie, Coco, and Brian trapped in a ski lodge full of ghosts, peril, and betrayal. The three friends and their parents are the only guests at Hemlock Lodge, until the arrival of mysterious Mr. Voland, who claims that the hotel is haunted. The children begin ghost-hunting with Mr. Voland, looking for answers about the haunted hotel and about Ollie's watch, which helps her communicate with her dead mother and which in the first book saved them from the "smiling man." Hemlock Lodge's creepy history gives this tale the necessary trappings of a classic ghost story (a ghost girl hides from the malicious Mother Hemlock; a dead skier appears at unexpected moments to deliver a silent warning to the kids). The second half of the novel takes the danger one step further by re-introducing old villains and raising the stakes. We get a closer look at Coco's point of view in this installment, and readers will hope for another entry-maybe one from Brian's perspective-by the time the friends finish their harrowing adventure. Sarah Berman November/December 2019 p.83(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

A winter vacation takes a terrifying turn. Two months after their encounter with "the smiling man" in Small Spaces (2018), sixth graders Coco, Ollie, and Brian go on a ski trip. Though money has been tight, Ollie's dad won a week at Vermont's newest ski resort, Mount Hemlock, as an incentive for his job selling solar panels. Unfortunately, the lucky trip doesn't turn out so lucky. On the way there, Coco dreams of a gray-faced, frozen girl who's looking for her lost bones. When Ollie starts having similar dreams, it becomes clear that there's a reason Mount Hemlock has never before been open to the public. The surprising arrival of a paranormal investigator named Mr. Voland offers the kids a chance to get to the bottom of things. But do they really want to know the truth about what lurks at Hemlock Lodge? With warnings like "Don't listen to the voices," the plot initially reads similarly to its predecessor. However, Arden creates far more than just a carbon copy in a different setting. Those who had secondary roles in the first book get deeper characterization, especially white Coco and black, bookish jock Brian. (Ollie is also white) Arden's high scare factor, richly drawn mountain setting, relevant themes of loss and belonging, and vividly eerie descriptions evoke the very best of horror for this age set. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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