Before long, though, the kids have bigger concerns as weird happenings make them begin to suspect that the house is haunted by the ghost of their great aunt who drowned, a girl who bore a strong resemblance to Celeste. Grandma and Grandad are understanding, though, not only of Celeste’s concerns but also of her brother’s reluctance to hike in the woods and her cousins’ fears of thunderstorms and driving. Her grandparents are big advocates of Black people learning to swim: her grandfather worked as a lifeguard, and her grandmother had a sister who drowned while trying to teach herself to swim.
She’s just had a bad experience with swimming lessons and is still afraid to get in the water. Ages 8 to 12.Summary: Celeste is apprehensive about spending two weeks at her grandparents’ lake house with her brother and cousins.
Past and present mingle in this spine-tingling ghost story by award-winning author India Hill Brown. Who is the girl in the mirror? And what does she want?
And Celete's cousins start accusing her of pranking them when she's been no where near them! Things at the old house only get spookier until one evening when Celeste looks in the steamy mirror after a shower and sees her face, but twisted, different. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools.Īnd soon strange things start happening-the sound of footsteps overhead late at night. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not.īugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake. For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically inspired) ghost story from the award-winning author of The Forgotten Girl.
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