Name: One for Sorrow
ISBN: 9781328497987

Mary Downing Hahn

"Another historical and chilling success" of revenge from beyond the grave during the 1918 influenza outbreak from ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn. (Kirkus) "The novel's blend of historical drama, the supernatural, and the intricacies of adolescent friendship is a gripping combination." --Publishers Weekly "Hahn clearly knows her apples about writing ghost stories." --Booklist "Another historical and chilling success." --Kirkus Reviews Against the ominous backdrop of the 1918 influenza epidemic, new girl Annie is claimed as best friend by Elsie, the tattletale, liar, and thief of the class. But Annie would rather spend time with the other girls, since Elsie is so mean. When Elsie dies of influenza, Annie thinks she's free of her torment--until the bully returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and take revenge.

A Ghost Story

One for Sorrow

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her. Young readers who revel in spooky stories will relish this chilling tale of a girl haunted by a vengeful ghost.

Not only was this book great, but it was super easy to write a report on without having to finish it. No teacher would read a ghost book, so that provided some advantage! But I recommend finishing it 🥳🥳

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Gabriela Roxana 

I finished this book soo fast because I just couldn't find the strenght to put in down. Really engaging, this book created an amazing eerie spooky story that gave me actual chills at some parts.

Now for the story. One for sorrow follows Annie, a little girl that moves to another city, and alas, to another school, in the middle of the World War I. One girl from her class that was hated and bullied by all of her classmates chooses her to be her best friend. I want to state clearly that I found the bully in this book to be totally inacceptabile, heartbreaking and hunting, especially that certain scene at the park. However, I want to admit that although I found her pitiful for the way she was treated both at home and at school, I found Elsie to be most unlikable while she was alive, and truly hateful in death. I justiție couldn't wait to be rid of her already.
I think the whole riddle play that dominated the book contributed perfectly to the book eeriness. As far as I am concerned, I liked the main character quite a lot, and although she was quite mean with Elsie, I found the later behavior to be even more inacceptabile.
All in all, I think it was a very good book. I will probably read many more titles from this autor in the near future.

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