The Creepening of Dogwood House

Eden Royce (Author)
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Age Groups: Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12

From the Walter Award Honor–winning author of Root Magic comes a contemporary Southern gothic tale of a young boy who, in the wake of his mother's death, is adopted by an aunt he barely knows—only to discover that a ghostly presence of his family’s past haunts their house.

At night, Roddie still dreams of sitting at his mother’s feet while she braids his Afro down. But that’s a memory from before. Before his mom died in a tragic accident. Before he was taken in by an aunt he barely knows. Before his aunt brought him to Dogwood House, the creepiest place Roddie has ever seen. It was his family’s home for over a hundred years. Now, the house—abandoned and rotting, draped in Spanish moss that reminds him too much of hair—is his home too.

Aunt Angie has returned to South Carolina to take care of Roddie and reconnect with their family’s hoodoo roots. Roddie, however, can’t help but feel lost. His mom had never told him anything about hoodoo, Dogwood House, or their family. And as they set about fixing the house up, Roddie discovers that there is even more his mother never said. Like why she left home when she was seventeen, never to return. Or why she insisted Aunt Angie always wear her hair in locs. Or what she knew of the strange secrets hidden deep within Dogwood House—secrets that have awoken again, and are reaching out to Roddie…

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SKU 144194
ISBN 9780063251403
Language English
Page Count 272
Product Type Hardcover Books
Book Type Middle Grade Novels
Primary Contributor Eden Royce
Age Groups Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12
Publisher Walden Pond Press