A page-turning young adult horror novel that reimagines a beloved classic with a dark twist.
"Energetic and colorfully descriptive."-Kirkus Reviews
"Full of thrills, chills, and lacy frills, readers will have fearful fun with every page."-Sara Farizan, award-winning author of Dead Flip
Playmate, come out and play with me,
and bring your dollies three.
Climb up my apple tree,
look down my rain barrel,
slide down my cellar door,
and we'll be jolly friends forevermore.
For Evie Archer, the story of Holly Hobbie's disappearance is something only told in hushed conversations within her family. But seeking a fresh start after a difficult divorce, Evie's mother moves the family to the Hobbie House in Ravenglass, Massachusetts, the very place where Holly vanished one night without a trace more than forty years ago.
When Evie finds Holly's diary, a strange shadow begins to follow her everywhere she goes, and her dreams are plagued by nightmares of a bonneted girl. Could it be Holly trying to reach out to her? Or is it something else? Something worse?
Evie decides to investigate what happened the night Holly disappeared. But the deeper she goes to look for answers, the more she begins to lose herself in the process, until she can no longer tell what's real and what isn't.
Can Evie find out what happened to Holly? Or is history doomed to repeat itself?
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Michelle Jabès Corpora is a writer, editor, community organizer, and martial artist. In addition to working in the publishing industry for more than a dozen years as an editor and concept developer, she has ghostwritten five novels in a long-running middle-grade mystery series. American Horse Tales: The Dust Bowl was Michelle's first novel under her own name. Her second novel, The Fog of War: Martha Gellhorn at the D-Day Landings (Pushkin Press), published in 2021.
Benjamin Dawe is an Artist and Creative Director with a lifelong love of both comic books and the horror genre. With a degree in Design and Interactive Media, Benjamin has worked as a Designer and Creative Director with such companies as Def Jam Japan, Village Roadshow, and Electronic Arts, where he worked on such franchises as Need for Speed, The Sims, and Plants vs Zombies.
Aside from developing the illustrations and concept for Holly Horror, recent projects for Benjamin include an art collaboration with Mattel celebrating 40 years of Masters of the Universe, posters commissioned by Horror streaming platform Shudder and a merchandise line for the 2020 Horror Comedy feature "Psycho Goreman."
He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his partner, two children, and two cats.