I'm always on the look out for a good middle grade mystery since they are sometimes hard to find. FIELD OF SCREAMS caught my attention with its great cover design and awesome title. I recommend it for anyone.
Rebecca has always been fascinated by ghosts, and when her friend gives her a book of ghost stories, her fascination intensifies. She takes it along on a trip to Iowa with her mother. The trip is supposed to provide time for her mother to work on writing her thesis for her PhD, and while they are staying with Rebecca's uncle and aunt, Rebecca is supposed to help out by babysitting her little cousin.
It doesn't take long for strange things to begin happening. Rebecca feels a chill in the air, hears sounds from the locked attic, and is sure she sees ghosts. When she learns from her father's younger brother that her father was also interested in ghosts, Rebecca is determined to find answers to the strange happenings on the Iowa farm and its surroundings.
Author Wendy Parris weaves together family stories, old diary entries, faded photos, and a mysterious, soon to be demolished house to create a truly creepy tale. FIELD OF DREAMS is a real page-turner.
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