The 2011 Willow Awards

Snow Willow Nominee

Haunted

By Barbara Haworth-Attard.

HarperTrophy Publishers, 2009.
9780002008211 (pbk)

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Just after the First World War, bones are unearthed from a shallow grave in backwoods Ontario. Discovered with the bones is a ring that is familiar to Dee, and since she has “the Sight” or the ability to see spirit apparitions, she is pulled into a terrifying mystery.

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About the Author

Barbara Haworth-Attard is from London, ON

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Barbara Haworth-Attard is the acclaimed author of 16 children’s books, including Theories of Relativity, winner of two teen choice awards—the Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan) and the Stellar Book Award (BC)—and finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Her other popular titles include A Is for Angst, Forget- Me-Not, Irish Chain and Flying Geese. Haworth-Attard lives with her family in London, Ontario.

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Comments

Comment #1 posted on October 20, 2011, 4:44 PM

this looks like a book ill love! it has all the things iv ever wanted in a book! mystery, seeing ghosts and begin back in the 1920 thank you sooo much for writing this book!!

Tamara, col

Comment #2 posted on November 23, 2011, 8:55 AM

I really like this book!!!! It's just the right... " size" for me!!!

Mickyala, Canora Composite School

Comment #3 posted on November 30, 2011, 1:49 PM

I love it, it was so sad in the end when she found out about..........
I am not giving away the ending, but really i cant believe that he was her dad!

Comment #4 posted on December 15, 2011, 11:21 AM

I love this book so much. Its so sad at the ending. I like cried when she found out. Not giving away the ending! I recomend anybody who loves mystery and thrillers.

Blake, Cut Knife High School

Comment #5 posted on December 19, 2011, 1:20 PM

I really enjoyed this book even though I don't like novels. The only thing is the ending was rapped up really quick. I like the suspence in the book and that's what made me keep reading. Good job!

James, Cut Knife High School

Comment #6 posted on December 19, 2011, 1:24 PM

As a fairly literate child, I found this book extremely well balanced in the mystery genre. There were a series of red herrings, followed by more and more, and leaved me guessing. Characters were also relatable, and sometimes odd and I had to feel sorry for them. Ending is certainly a good example of a cliff hanger, and I would strongly recommend this book.

Jacob, Cut Knife High School

Comment #7 posted on December 19, 2011, 1:24 PM

I would do a summary of it, but I'd rather not give anything away! Overall, I’ll say it was okay, I’ve read a lot worse, but I’ve read better. It’s about a seven out of a possible ten, it’s not for everyone. I’ll start with what I loved and what I didn’t, first of all, the characters are fairly lovable, and really well developed. I love the whole early 20th century setting too. I can’t say I was crazy about the whole plot. I mean I liked the bones and the whole murder mystery, and the mystery of Dee’s mother, but I’m not one for ghost stories, and the big midwife portion of the book didn’t exactly excite me. It also had a lot of side stories that were just kind of there, and some had no purpose, some came back at the end and were key clues, but others just bored me and I think the book could do without some of them. I guess you could say parts were over written, and too much was added in some parts, which is better than being underwritten, but still, some could’ve been cut out. It was nice and descriptive though, you really got a sense of where everything was. Also, I did, like the ending and a good ending can fix a whole story. It was really exciting, and you just had to know what happened next. It ended at a good spot too, you tied up most of the loose ends, but left some of the good ones open, which was really smart of the author, this keeps people wondering what happened afterward. It was a worthy attempt, that’s how I’d word what I think about it, what with having a lot of mixed feelings about it. It takes such a long time to get into, but the ending saved it. I would recommend it for people who are into ghost stories and mysteries to check it out, but it’s definitely not for everyone.

Aleksi, Cut Knife High School

Comment #8 posted on December 19, 2011, 1:29 PM

This book was really cool and intresting. It was mind bending at the end trying to figure out who the killer was. I didn't like that you tighed the book all up in one chapter but overal it was great.Dee is one brave character.

Garrett, Cutknife High School

Comment #9 posted on December 21, 2011, 8:35 PM

I loved this book! I could not put it down!

Tianna, Pilot Butte

Comment #10 posted on January 04, 2012, 11:39 AM

I'm so happy to be part of the Willow Awards! And thank you guys for all your comments, and I do mean all the comments because it is important for an author to know what the reader likes and doesn't like about a story as it helps with the next book. Keep reading. Barbara Haworth-Attard

Barbara, Author

Comment #11 posted on January 18, 2012, 10:26 AM

I loved this book! I love the mystery and the drama. I was so sad about Clooey. I had my suspicions about the killer but i was wrong... I had no idea who Dee's father was. Now I know and it shocked me! I simply could not put the book down!!! I loved it!!! I loved Dee's friends and all the characters in the book!!!! It was very mysterious.

Thank you so much for writing this book! I love all the books with mystery and suspence. it just makes the book all the more interesting! I loved the ending for the book it's a shocker.

in school I am making a small trailer of my own for the book to summerize it in my own way. I have great ideas and i am so glad that I chose this book!!! Thanks for giving us something interesting and intense for our enjoyment!!!

Chelsea, Warman High School

Comment #12 posted on January 18, 2012, 10:29 AM

haha just again saying.... I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!! :) thanks for the excitement!

Chelsea, Warman High school.

Comment #13 posted on January 19, 2012, 7:00 PM

i finshed the book a couple weeks ago and the end was great but now theres so many possiblites of what happened after. THERE NEEDS 2 BE A SEQUEL!!! please tell me your writing another one !

Tamara, COL

Comment #14 posted on February 06, 2012, 5:23 PM

I definitely agree with Tamara! You have to write another book! It's great. You are a terrific author!