#lora senf

[freckles-and-books]

Current reads: history and middle grade horror

[godzilla-reads]

“Evie Von Rathe lives in Blight Harbor—the seventh-most haunted town in America—with her Aunt Desdemona, the local paranormal expert. Des doesn’t have many rules except one: Stay out of the abandoned slaughterhouse at the edge of town. But when her aunt disappears into the building, Evie goes searching for her.

There she meets The Clackity, a creature who lives in the shadows and seams of the slaughterhouse. The Clackity makes a deal with Evie to help get Des back in exchange for the ghost of John Jeffrey Pope, a serial killer who stalked Blight Harbor a hundred years earlier. Evie must embark on a journey into a strange otherworld filled with hungry witches, penny-eyed ghosts, and a memory-thief, all while being pursued by a dead man whose only goal is to add Evie to his collection of lost souls.”

—The Clackity by Lora Senf

[the-final-sentence]

'What's next?'

Lora Senf, from The Clackity

[freckles-and-books]

Middle grade reads I want to read this spooky season 👻

[sassyalone]

'All stories are keys, you know.' The Story Thief's dark eyes seemed to get bigger, and I found I couldn't look away from them. They were as deep as the nothingness had been. Softly, he continued, 'All stories are keys to a truth. Sometimes a truth about the world. Sometimes a truth about love or fear. Sometimes, even, a truth about a lie. But all keys, all truths.'

The Clackity, Lora Senf

[i-hope-we-both-die666]

started reading a book thinking all three were out because all three had Amazon listings with finished cover art but the next one doesn't come out until septemberrrr 😭

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Middle School Monday: The Clackity by Lora Senf 

Ever since Evie’s parents disappeared with no explanation several years ago, she’s been living with her aunt Desdemona in Blight Harbor, the seventh-most haunted town in America. Even though she thinks about and misses her parents a lot, Evie is happy in her new home. Evie loves and trusts her aunt, and she feels just as safe when she works at the library with her boss Lily (who is also her aunt’s best friend). 

Desdemona is a paranormal expert, and she helps people deal with their questions and concerns about the supernatural beings who occupy the town alongside them. Evie feels safe in this town, although she’s always been interested in exploring the empty slaughterhouse building, where her aunt told her never to go. But when Desdemona disappears in that building, Evie has no choice but to follow her …

Even if it means that Evie will have to deal with her anxiety and panic attacks without her aunt to help her.

Even if it means making a deal with a monstrous creature called the Clackity.

Even if it means stepping into a world of nightmares that are connected to her own grief and fears.

Even if it means facing the ghost of a serial killer.

Even if it means risking her own life.

Give this book to older kids and younger teens who are looking for scary books that are suspenseful, inventive and enthralling!

[lavenderfables]

You know how some people feel about A Monster Calls and Coraline? That's how I feel about The Clackity by Lora Senf.