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dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I wouldn't have made it through this as a middle schooler because I did not do well with scary stories! I enjoyed this story and thought it was sufficiently unsettling to thrill middle schoolers chasing thrills via scary stories. I liked the representation of Native American culture and legends throughout, and enjoyed the inclusion of Latinx and Hispanic traditions and legends in the second book (except when Dia de los Muertos was described as Mexico's Halloween).
๐The Gist ๐: In the first of these two stories, a girl's parents go missing and she's handed over to a man claiming to be her uncle. Nobody notices anything off about this man, except for the girl who sees him for the monster he is. In the second book, the girl's family takes a trip to a mountain Lodge, and the monster returns for revenge!
๐Representation๐: Native American mc, Aztec culture, Aztec sc, Latinx and Hispanic culture
๐ For readers looking for ๐: a scary middlegrade read, strong female characters, myths and legends
๐The Gist ๐: In the first of these two stories, a girl's parents go missing and she's handed over to a man claiming to be her uncle. Nobody notices anything off about this man, except for the girl who sees him for the monster he is. In the second book, the girl's family takes a trip to a mountain Lodge, and the monster returns for revenge!
๐Representation๐: Native American mc, Aztec culture, Aztec sc, Latinx and Hispanic culture
๐ For readers looking for ๐: a scary middlegrade read, strong female characters, myths and legends
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cannibalism