Small Spaces
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden is a reprint edition published by Penguin on July 9, 2019. This middle grade debut from the bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale presents a chilling ghost story centered around eleven-year-old Ollie, who finds solace in books after experiencing a tragic loss. When she discovers a haunting tale about a girl named Beth and a sinister specter known as “the smiling man,” Ollie’s curiosity leads her to uncover the graves of the characters from the story during a school trip, setting off a series of eerie events.
Readers will follow Ollie as she navigates a terrifying adventure after her school bus breaks down, prompting a mysterious warning from the bus driver. With a countdown from her digital wristwatch and the advice to “avoid large places,” Ollie and her classmates venture into the woods, where they encounter a field of watchful scarecrows. This book explores themes of survival and mystery, immersing readers in a spellbinding narrative that blends action and adventure with ghostly elements. Small Spaces spans 256 pages and is presented in English.
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New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic.
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with “the smiling man”—a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price.
Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she’s been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells Ollie and her classmates: “Best get moving. At nightfall they’ll come for the rest of you.” Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie’s previously broken digital wristwatch begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN.
Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed these warnings. As the trio head out into the woods—bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them—the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: “Avoid large places. Keep to small.”
And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.
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