Recommended Age:
12
+
Ideal for early chapter book readers who enjoy humorous, character-driven stories with playful, imaginative adventures.
About the Book
A boy enters a mysterious house and encounters thirteen storytellers, each sitting in one of thirteen chairs and each telling a ghost story more unsettling than the last, culminating in a frame narrative that reveals the boy's own connection to the house. A British ghost story collection with literary ambition and genuine chills.
Content Ratings
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Moderate Themes
The stories explore death, guilt, obsession, and the lingering power of the past. The frame narrative suggests the boy himself may be dead or trapped. Themes are psychologically complex and genuinely unsettling. The tone is literary and atmospheric.
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Moderate Violence
The thirteen stories involve deaths, ghosts, and dark supernatural occurrences. Violence varies but includes deaths, hauntings, and frightening revelations. The tone is unsettling and literary.
Engagement:
Genre:
Horror
Published:
2013
Page Count:
336
