the House at End of Chestnut Street: A Cozy Halloween Mystery for Kids Ages 8-12

Nobody on Chestnut Street knocks at number 47.The house at the end of the street has been dark for four years. The mail piles up, and then one day it doesn't. There's a car in the garage that nobody has seen move. Everyone in the town of Marlow Bend knows something about the old man who lives there - and not one of them has ever spoken to him.So when eleven-year-old Poppy Nakamura says out loud, at a lunch table, that somebody lives in that house, she has until Halloween to prove it.Then a carved pumpkin appears on her front step. An owl, with a hundred separate feathers, made by somebody who knew exactly what they were doing.What Poppy finds behind that fence is nothing like what the town has been saying. But telling people the truth turns out to be much harder than walking up the path.A warm, funny story about rumors, neighbors, and the courage it takes to go first.The House at the End of Chestnut Street is the first book in the Chestnut Street stories - gentle, seasonal chapter books for readers aged 8 to 12, set on one small-town street across the holidays of the year. Each book stands on its own.- Ages 8-12 - Grades 3-7- Approximately 14,000 words - 13 short chapters- Perfect for reading aloud, one chapter at a time- No scares, no villains - a Halloween story about kindnessBook Two, The Empty Chair on Chestnut Street, arrives in time for Thanksgiving.