All the Lovely Bad Ones:
A Ghost Story
by Mary Downing Hahn

    ALL THE LOVELY BAD ONES by Mary Downing Hahn
    Category:  Paranormal
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  3/18/08
    Publisher:  Clarion
    Reviewed by:  Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Printed on the cover is “A Ghost Story.” It is – complete with creaking floors, blood-curdling screams, and dark
    groves of trees. ALL THE LOVELY BAD ONES is your typical haunted house tale.

    Sent to spend the summer with their grandmother, Travis and his sister, Corey, are in for the scare of their lives. As
    soon as they learn that the Vermont inn owned by their grandmother is haunted, Travis and Corey are thrilled to be
    there. Unfortunately, Grandmother has other thoughts. She really isn’t interested in playing up the haunted angle to
    her guest, but Travis thinks that would be just the ticket to increase business.

    Travis and Corey have a plan. They will use some costumes, a little make-up, and a blue flashlight to make just the
    right combination of sights and sounds to stir up some interest in the old inn. When word gets around that the long-
    dormant ghosts of Fox Hill Inn are active again, business will be booming. However, it was not part of the plan that
    the kids’ antics would actually encourage the real ghosts to make a return of a very real kind.

    Readers of Mary Downing Hahn’s latest mystery are in for a treat. The ghosts in this story are not ready to settle
    down until some of the wrongs of the past are righted. Until that happens, the inhabitants of the old inn are victims of
    mysterious wild rampages that destroy their rooms and possessions, vicious physical assaults, and endless taunts and
    threats. Life at the inn will not be peaceful until the spirits of the past are appeased.

    ALL THE LOVELY BAD ONES is an excellent addition to any mystery collection. It is especially perfect for
    middle grade readers looking for a quick read and a good scare.