It Happened to Anna by Tehlor Kay Mejia
on August 6, 2024
ISBN: 0593647033
Genres: Horror, Supernatural
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Scary middle-grade story about Sadie who is cursed by a ghost. The ghost was responsible for what happened to her best friend Anna. Sadie and her dad have moved to leave the ghost – and bad memories – behind. Sadie keeps to herself at school because the ghost seems to have caught up to her and causes minor disturbances like exploding light bulbs. When Sadie makes a new friend, Mal, she dares hope that the ghost will leave her and Mal alone. Sadie starts to question her allegiance to Mal when Mal suggests Sadie prank their classmates and the pranks become meaner and meaner. Readers may be annoyed at some of the typos and will see the big twist coming, but this doesn’t make the story any less scary. Sadie does have suicidal thoughts (thanks to the ghost of course) which may be upsetting for some readers.

Reviewed by Karen Sandlin Silverman, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham