THE LEGEND OF SKELETON MAN

DeLanna Studi narrates two scary stories in this middle-grade collection: “Skeleton Man” and its sequel, “The Return of Skeleton Man.” Molly, a modern-day Mohawk girl, is sent to live with her creepy great-uncle after her parents’ mysterious disappearance. But she knows something is not right. The spooky traditional Mohawk tales her father used to tell her about the Skeleton Man are starting to feel nightmarishly real as her thin, pale host drugs her food and locks her in her room every night. Molly’s everyday teenage voice is contemporary and relatable, while her crying terror in the scary parts is palpable. And the dry, brittle whisper of the Skeleton Man will give kids chills. S.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2019]