SuitabookThe haunted house project
Tricia Clasen
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in as the family’s practical difficulties emerge. Let the child set the pace for talking about loss, and ask what support Andie or her sister might need.
- Themes
- A staged haunting as a family project: After a science partner suggests studying paranormal activity, Andie pretends to be her mother’s ghost, using small disturbances around the house as part of her project. The haunting is something Andie stages, linking her wish for reassurance with her hope of changing her family’s circumstances.
- Worth knowing
- Bereavement and hardship are central: the family faces gambling with insurance money, food and money shortages, and a lack of adults at home. These difficulties may feel heavy for some readers.