Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss a middle-grade novel that is perfect for heading back to school — and is a little bit haunted. Eva Kaminsky depicts Violet, who is nervous about moving into the strange attic bedroom of her family’s new home and worried about starting 6th grade. Kaminsky reflects the uncertainty that creeps into Violet’s voice when she feels betrayed by her two best friends’ cruelty at a sleepover. Then she gets sick and doesn’t get better, spending more time in her room with its creepy yellow wallpaper. Violet’s fear becomes palpable as her weakness and fatigue intensify, and she starts to hear a terrifying voice from within the wallpaper.

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