Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
June 22, 2008 — Mary Childs
What happens when you keep a secret about something bad that happened? What happens when you keep that secret for a LONG time? And how many other people might be affected by that secret you are keeping?
Ali is 13 years old and has a chance to spend the summer at the lake with her artist Aunt Dulcie and babysit her 4-year-old cousin, Emma. But Ali’s mom, Dulcie’s sister, doesn’t want her to go. She says the weather at the lake place is rainy all the time, and that the lake is deep and dark and dangerous! What is she so worried about? And who is that third person torn out of the photograph Ali found in the old Nancy Drew book?
Ali runs into more questions when they all get to the lake, but even more when strange little Sissy shows up out of nowhere wanting to play with Emma. Who is Sissy, where does she live, why is she so mean, and what kind of answers might she have to Ali’s questions that no one else will answer?
Mystery, suspense, a terrible secret (and are there really ghosts?) all make this a pretty compelling story.
