{"product_id":"the-clackity-9781665902670","title":"The Clackity","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Bram Stoker Award \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eCybils Award Selection of the \u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library Best Books for Kids \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003ePacific Northwest Young Reader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003es Choice Award Master List \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eGolden Dome Book Award Master List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReminiscent of \u003ci\u003eDoll Bones \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Small Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e, this \"delightfully eerie\" (Erin A. Craig, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Salt and Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e) middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must rescue her aunt by entering a world of ghosts, witches, and monsters to play a game with deadly consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvie Von Rathe lives in Blight Harbor--the seventh-most haunted town in America--with her Aunt Desdemona, the local paranormal expert. Des doesn't have many rules except one: Stay out of the abandoned slaughterhouse at the edge of town. But when her aunt disappears into the building, Evie goes searching for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere she meets The Clackity, a creature who lives in the shadows and seams of the slaughterhouse. The Clackity makes a deal with Evie to help get Des back in exchange for the ghost of John Jeffrey Pope, a serial killer who stalked Blight Harbor a hundred years earlier. Evie reluctantly embarks on a journey into a strange otherworld filled with hungry witches, penny-eyed ghosts, and a memory-thief, all while being pursued by a dead man whose only goal is to add Evie to his collection of lost souls. Will she ever find Des, or is The Clackity planning something far more sinister?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLora Senf is a writer of dark and twisty stories for all ages. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Clackity\u003c\/i\u003e (a Bram Stoker Award Nominee), \u003ci\u003e The Nighthouse Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliest Place\u003c\/i\u003e and credits her love of words to her parents and to the public library that was walking distance from her childhood home. Lora finds inspiration for her writing in her children's retellings of their dreams, on road trips through Montana, and most recently in an abandoned abattoir. She lives in Washington state with her husband, their twins, and two remarkably lazy cats. Visit her at LoraSenf.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607341273362,"sku":"9781665902670","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e7b88e8e-f503-4e6d-b0af-768e3b5222bf.jpg?v=1732307420","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-clackity-9781665902670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}