Mary Downing Hahn

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.

A Ghost Story

One for Sorrow

Amina Madadi (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ)

Annie is the new girl at school, she just moved and is a bit stressed about making friends.
But Annie isn't given a choice by Elsie, who the minute she saw the new comer, decided they were going to be best friends.
What Annie didn't know is that her new friend is mean, bossy, highly umbareble and would get her in a lot of trouble. None of the other girls liked Elsie, so, they didn't like Annie either.
It is 1918, and the an influenza epidemic is reaping people, old young, babies and Elsie was one of its victims.
Elsie is dead, and only Annie can see and hear her.. It's just the begining of her worst nightmare.

Usually, I'm not into ghost stories, but in this one, the characters were very developped and very distinct. The narrating was awesome you almost belong to that period, I felt the urge to slap Annie in the first chapters and shoot Elsie in the last ones because man, that litte girl was seriously creepy.

Great read, thanks Netgalley for the copy!

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 🥳🥳

Gabriel

Maria youngberg 

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.

One for Sorrow A Ghost Story

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