The Curse on Spectacle KeyAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Tuesday 6 September 2022
Description
A sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home . . . only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his familys history in the process. This new middle grade standalone mystery from the author of the Muse Squad series is perfect for fans of Doll Bones and The Girl and the Ghost!
Frank Fernandezs family never stays in one place for long. His parents renovate unusual buildings and turn them into homes, which means the family movesa lot. This makes it hard for bookish Frank to make friends. So when his parents announce theyre moving to Spectacle Key, Florida, to live in a lighthousethis time for good!Frank is thrilled.
But Spectacle Key isnt the perfect forever home they'd imagined. The lighthouse is falling apart. There are knocks on the doorbut no one is thereand mysterious sighs and sniffles from nowhere. Theres even a creepy doll that seems to move on its own. Could Spectacle Key be haunted?
Then one day while exploring, Frank meets a girl in old-fashioned clothes, with no memory of who she is. What she does know, though, is that the island is under a curseand she needs Franks help to figure out how to lift it. But what if learning the truth about Spectacle Key means losing the first real friend hes ever had?
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