Home, Sweet Haunt [Paperback]

Every home has its secrets…For Nora, the truth starts to be revealed on Halloween night.

It’s been a bad few months for Nora Wilson. There was a huge fire in her family’s apartment this summer, and her parents have been acting superweird ever since. They won’t let her or her brother out of the apartment anymore, not even to go to school. So when Nora’s parents say she can go trick-or-treating on Halloween, Nora is thrilled. And she’s even more thrilled to make a new friend, Caitlin, who just moved into the apartment building. Caitlin knows nothing about what happened to Nora’s family, but she does seem to know a lot about the ghosts that are rumored to haunt the building. As she shares these ghost stories with Nora, Nora can’t help but be chilled by them. Are they hitting just a little too close to home?

This spooky story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.Home, Sweet Haunt

CHAPTER 1

TWO MONTHS LATER

Nora used to have a normal life. It was so normal it was boring. She went to school, did her homework, hung out with her friends, had dinner with her family, and avoided her irritating younger brother.

That was before. Before the fire swept through their apartment and her parents changed into nervous freaks.

The fire was in late August. When the school year started in September, her parents wouldn’t let her or Lucas out of the apartment. Seriously. Not even into the hallway.

They wanted to be with Nora and Lucas all the time. Protect them from the world. Nora’s parents, who hadnever been afraid of anything, were suddenly afraid to let their children out of their sight.

For weeks after the fire, Nora insisted that “lightning doesn’t strike the samelÃ(