(g) Overall, this is a great book to add to the scary stories ReadingĪnd experiencing something through text can help prepare one for the experience Topics for young children, it is important that they know about coping. Movies, when I try to read through scary stories it seems I need the music andįor Sorrow would have scared my younger self. Stories aren’t usually of interest to me. Isn’t too much tough, so readers can still understand and relate to the girls. Characters speak in a more proper fashion than you would see inĬontemporary dialogue, helping readers feel immerses in the story. Show the historical setting properly, Hahn is able to make it clear through theĭialogue. Whether or not it’s satisfactory isįor Sorrow takes place in the early 1900s. By the end of the book, readers areĪble to find an answer to their question.

ThereĪre times when the reader almost doubts this despite Annie being the It’sĪ question that haunts the reader through the story as the plot moves forward. The very beginning of the novel, Hahn makes the reader wonder if Annie willĮver be able to make friends at her new school and feel normal and accepted. Hahn even manages to allude to Edgar Allen Poe, a poet known for his eerie poems and stories. Later, after the whole ordeal is over, readers see her so broken that “she sat with her arms across her chest, as if she were holding herself together” (Hahn, 2017, p. On page five, readers are introduced to Rosie who’s describe as “like a toy wound up too tight” (Hahn, 2017). She uses similes, imagery, and other type of figurative language to imbue the characters with life and with death. However, Hahn was able to achieve a nice, creepy story by using figurative language. Having any awards or being on any major booklists, students are busy readingĪnd delighting in the ghost story and it’s rarely on my shelf.Ī ghost story can often miss the mark and not be all that terrifying. Something a little higher than the trusty Goosebumps series. While Goosebumps are always a big hit, Oneįor Sorrow has been a must for many of my students who are looking for School year and even more so in the recent weeks with Halloween coming up. Books have been flying off the shelves in my library since the beginning of the

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