Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 35
First published 1990
Kristy Thomas and her Stoneybrook friends face their biggest mystery yet when they discover an abandoned house scheduled for demolition. The kids believe the crumbling structure stands directly above an old cemetery. They suspect angry spirits rest uneasily in the graves below the rotting floorboards. As demolition day approaches, strange events begin plaguing the neighborhood. Stacey McGill joins Kristy in piecing together clues about who lies buried beneath the house and why their presence seems to disturb the living. The Baby-sitters Club members must work together to uncover the truth before the bulldozers arrive. Their investigation leads them through Stoneybrook's forgotten history and into encounters that test their courage. The friends discover that some mysteries connect the past to the present in ways they never expected.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, investigation
Setting: Stoneybrook
Period: 20th-century
146 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Paperbacks