What Killed the Children of the Parsons Corners?
"Aug 17, 1855. I am weaker today and so scared. As I rested in my room, I looked out the window and saw my brother, Hiram, standing outside watching me with his cold, dead eyes. Perhaps it was another dream, yet it seemed so real. Every time I dream of my late brother, I seem to fail further. Could my uncles have been right? Could Hiram somehow be draining me of life? What would I find if I could dig up his grave?"
These chilling words send a thrill of terror through fourteen-year-old Sophia Whelan. Discovering the diary of a girl long dead in the attic of a New Hampshire lake house, Sophia is shocked by the tragic tale of a family plagued by a series of mysterious deaths. One by one the children of the Parsons family fall ill and die shortly after their seventeenth birthday. Heart-breaking coincidence? Or is there something far more sinister at work? When Sophia’s own sister turns seventeen and abruptly falls ill, and Sophia herself is stalked by a menacing presence, Sophia knows she must discover the horrifying secret of Parsons Corners before it’s too late. --Publisher's blurb
About the author:
Ellen Reed lives in New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, and pug, Winnie. She has lived in such varied places as Alaska, Texas, Norway, and Indonesia but loves living in beautiful New England. Ellen spent many years involved with community theater, both as an actress and costumer. She is an avid quilter, and enjoys traveling, genealogy, and history.
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