Pretty Darn Scary

Latest release: January 1, 2011
Adoption · Horror · Mysteries & Detective Stories
Series
8
Books

About this ebook series

An orphan named Terry spends the summer with his aunt at her newly-inherited colonial rice plantation outside Savannah, Georgia. What appears to be a long, hot boring summer soon turns into a cool, creepy mystery! Pickpocket Plantation entertains some surprise visitors. The past and the present collide in a stormy drama. A boy's body is autopsied on a lawyer's boardroom table. The Weeping Time of slave trading haunts Terry. He is also attacked by an angry bull alligator. Terry and his aunt are forced to confront their past, the future, and one another. A boy tries to figure it all out, and in the process take a giant step into becoming his own man. Read at your own risk!

Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.

Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 4-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 111599
Lexile Measure: 830
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: R
Developmental Assessment Level: 40