It's Watching by Lindsay Currie
Published by Delacorte Press on February 4, 2025
ISBN: 0593811631
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense
Format: Middle Grade Fiction
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Josie, Alison, and Jackson are determined to write a fantastic article about a local ghost legend for their school paper, which requires them to visit a cemetery on Halloween night. Big mistake. After being chased from the cemetery, the trio of journalists start receiving ominous texts and memes that promise further trouble within a few days (helpful countdown included) if they don’t help a ghost resolve its issues. With parents out of town and unable to help, and only sporadic help from a town ghost hunter, they must piece together supernatural clues and figure out what needs to be done to stop the countdown.

A bit of a slow burn, but this creepy mystery will appeal to fans of Currie’s other books as well as Katherine Arden’s Small Spaces series. A good suggestion for young mystery readers interested in getting started with horror.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath