SuitabookThe wrong one
Carol Otis Hurst
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the early family changes and eerie incidents. You could pause to compare what the siblings believe about the strange events, without needing to settle the mystery in advance.
- Themes
- Home and belonging: Kate and Jesse are unhappy about leaving Brooklyn, while Sookan does not share their attachment to the old home. The family faces the possibility of losing their farmhouse too. The story places differing feelings about home within the family’s financial and housing uncertainty.
- The farmhouse mystery: A doll found in the barn and an eerie blue light accompany unusual events; Sookan calls the doll the wrong one, and the siblings try to solve the mystery. The strange happenings are presented as clues in a mystery the siblings try to solve.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes a father’s death, financial hardship and the possibility of losing the family home, alongside eerie events such as unexplained cold and objects moving. These strands may matter to readers sensitive to loss or ghostly suspense.