Joan Byrd

The Box in the Attic Joan Byrd

During the daytime, the town is alive with lots of activities, but when night falls on Sleepy Creek, everyone stays within their home. What are they afraid of? Could it be the things they've been told about the sad old mansion. The darkness drops over the tall ghostly house as if something inside needed to be hidden and yet few people had been brave enough to go see for themselves the strange glow that appears in the attic. So, it sits there in the shadows of the old oak trees, that are overgrown with vines and moss. The old house sits there, high on the hill, all alone...or is it? Ten-year-old Hattie Russel encounters a ghostly truth and unravels a 200-year-old mystery. Justice will done. Love will be requited. Faith will be rewarded.