Bee wanted to spend the summer reading Betsy Chillers books and exploring the new spooky theme park with her best friend. Instead, sheâs spending the summer trapped at Storm Lake with her too loud, too thrifty, and too Indian family.
Luckily, Bee finds a place to escape her embarrassmentâa magical house across the lake that transforms her into the cool girl she always wanted to be. Maybe cottage life isnât so bad after all! But strange dreams are haunting Bee, and thereâs a chill in her bones she just canât shake.
Bee follows her hunchâand the scent of gingerbreadâto Lucas, the dorky boy next door. He thinks there are ghosts in the forest, but new friend Alina tells her what Bee has feared all along: Thereâs a witch at Storm Lake. And sheâs coming for Bee.
Dr. Emi Pinto is a Canadian author who loves to write about cute ghosts, awkward witches, and food from her mixed South Asian and Franco-Ontarian heritage (masala poutine, anyone?). When sheâs not getting lost on forest trails with her family, you can find Emi traveling the world, researching, and advising on international assistance programs. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.