Recommended Age:
11
+
Best for independent readers who enjoy immersive, imaginative, suspenseful, and character-driven fantasy stories.
About the Book
Ten-year-old Harvey is bored with his ordinary life until a mysterious stranger invites him to the Holiday House, where every day is filled with perfect holidays and endless fun—but the price of this paradise may be Harvey's entire life. A dark fantasy with horror elements from the master of adult horror, adapted for younger readers.
Content Ratings
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Moderate Themes
Harvey and other children are being consumed by the Holiday House; the cost of eternal childhood is their actual lives and futures; themes of temptation, the danger of false paradise, and the necessity of facing reality are handled with dark fantasy gravitas.
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Moderate Violence
Children drained of life force; villain frightening; climax involves confrontation and magical violence; fantastical but carries real stakes.
Engagement:
Genre:
Horror
Published:
1992
Page Count:
225
