The Curse of Hester Gardens

The Curse of Hester GardensWe Need to Talk about Kevin as if written by Jason Reynolds and Tananarive Due meets Model Home by Rivers Solomon in an innovative twist on the haunted house novel: about a mother desperate to protect her sons from the twin specters of gun violence and otherworldly menace in their public housing project. Nona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith

But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin

a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan

from the eerie Woodsman plantation rumored to be haunted by the spirits of slaves

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how it organizes itself

an enormous knit-cardiganed mythical beast named Frank

second chances

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Ebony is about to prove that reinvention isn't just an option - it's a luxury she's finally ready to afford