I read this book when I was very young, probably younger than I should’ve been to be reading it at all— upon rereading it now, I found it a lot more frightening than I remembered. This is a ghost story, alright, and it does not pull its punches at all. For all the beauty of the setting (and the prose! It’s a lovely writing style!) there’s this creeping unease and sense of dread in the book that really sets up the perfect atmosphere for a story like this. I also found the plot to be genuinely interesting. A bit intense for a kids’ book, and I’m still not sure how I feel about the ending, but if you’re looking for a story about ghosts, families, and the past, this is a great one to read.