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  • The Visitors

The Visitors

Author
Publication Date
February 01, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
The Visitors

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Description

From the author of The Whispers comes a heartrending tale of friendship, hard-won truths, and the healing power of forgiveness.

A lonely twelve-year-old boy spends his days “stuck” at the deserted Hollow Pines Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina with no recollection of his name, how long he’s been there, and no idea how to leave. Things never change much for the lost souls at Hollow Pines and time is strange when you’re dead. But when visitors from the living world arrive for the first time in a long while, the boy feels a spark of hope. These visitors are around his age, and they seem to understand more than others that the plantation is not just spooky or eerie, it’s a sad place where the unspeakable happened again and again. And if these kids could understand the truth about Hollow Pines, maybe they could help him uncover the dark secrets of his past and help him find a way to finally move on. But Hollow Pines doesn’t like visitors. And with a malevolent spirit lurking in the shadows and painful memories buried deep, and for good reason, the boy wonders if he’ll ever find his way home or be stuck at Hollow Pines forever.

Publication date
February 01, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593111888
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV069000 - Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
Library of Congress categories
South Carolina
Ghosts
Ghost stories
Bullying
Haunted places
Forgiveness
Gays
Novels
Plantations

Kirkus

An atmospheric reckoning with the past and present, heavy but rewarding.

ALA/Booklist

A ghost story of substance.
Greg Howard
Greg Howard grew up near the coast of South Carolina. His hometown of Georgetown is known as the "Ghost Capital of the South" (seriously...there's a sign), and was always a great source of material for his overactive imagination. Raised in a staunchly religious home, Greg escaped into the arts: singing, playing piano, acting, writing songs, and making up stories. Currently, Greg resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his husband, Steve, and their three rescued fur babies Molly, Toby, and Riley.