SuitabookCuriosity, secrecy and responsibility
Elizabeth’s investigations involve lying, sneaking and entering rooms to find clues; she also recognises qualities she dislikes and tries to change.
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Ben Guterson - Author
This is a puzzle-led mystery with a spooky turn: Elizabeth explores a remote hotel, works with Freddy on codes and wordplay, and encounters curses, unsettling phenomena and an evil ghost. Personal histories include bereavement and mistreatment, while the story stresses kindness, trust and resisting evil.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a puzzle-led mystery with a spooky turn: Elizabeth explores a remote hotel, works with Freddy on codes and wordplay, and encounters curses, unsettling phenomena and an evil ghost. Personal histories include bereavement and mistreatment, while the story stresses kindness, trust and resisting evil.
Elizabeth’s investigations involve lying, sneaking and entering rooms to find clues; she also recognises qualities she dislikes and tries to change.
The supernatural conflict includes an evil ghost, while the book’s messages emphasise choosing good over evil, trusting others and acting with kindness.
Elizabeth loves reading and works with Freddy on Vigenère ciphers, word ladders and anagrams; the story also mentions inventions, historical figures and many books.
Before choosing it, consider the child’s response to supernatural peril and bereavement. The book includes an attempted ghostly killing, curses, pursuit by lights, a banging coffin, a character passing out and discussion of deaths and mistreatment.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.