Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0440419417, Mass Market Paperback)

JULIA CUNNINGHAM'S GROUND-BREAKING novel, first published in 1965 and unavailable in paperback for a decade, is reissued for a whole new generation of readers. Betsy Hearne, critic and professor of children’s literature, has provided a fascinating afterword.

“A spine-tingling horror story.”—School Library Journal

“Here is one author who has recognized the sophistication of young readers geared to an age of television and films—and shows that a book can be as hip and as exciting and far more memorable.”—The Washington Post

“Enthralling.”—The New York Times

An ALA Notable Best of the Best

A Children’s Spring Book Fesitival Award