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The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
by Claire Legrand
Oooh, so creepy!
Victoria is a girl who likes to have everything just SO. She gets all A's, her calendar is neatly filled up with extracurriculars each evening, and she only really has one friend. Lawrence might be more of a project than a friend. He's a strange boy who loves music above all else and Victoria has taken him under her wing. But when Lawrence mysteriously disappears, Victoria becomes concerned. Everyone in the town of Belleville is acting strange and Lawrence is not the only kid who's gone missing. Victoria's investigation leads her to the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, the creepy old house on her street where the orphans live (or that's what Victoria has always been led to believe, anyway). There she'll find horrors beyond her imagination, but she just might have what it takes to bring her best friend home.
This book is so creepy and atmospheric from the very start. There are small illustrations of bugs crawling throughout the text, adding to the ambiance. There are definitely some bits that are pretty intense and even a bit gory, so I'd recommend this to fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark who are looking for a more literary experience.
Readalikes:
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz because it's also very atmospheric, although not as scary.
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz because it's a bloody, dark adventure story.
Victoria is a girl who likes to have everything just SO. She gets all A's, her calendar is neatly filled up with extracurriculars each evening, and she only really has one friend. Lawrence might be more of a project than a friend. He's a strange boy who loves music above all else and Victoria has taken him under her wing. But when Lawrence mysteriously disappears, Victoria becomes concerned. Everyone in the town of Belleville is acting strange and Lawrence is not the only kid who's gone missing. Victoria's investigation leads her to the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, the creepy old house on her street where the orphans live (or that's what Victoria has always been led to believe, anyway). There she'll find horrors beyond her imagination, but she just might have what it takes to bring her best friend home.
This book is so creepy and atmospheric from the very start. There are small illustrations of bugs crawling throughout the text, adding to the ambiance. There are definitely some bits that are pretty intense and even a bit gory, so I'd recommend this to fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark who are looking for a more literary experience.
Readalikes:
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz because it's also very atmospheric, although not as scary.
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz because it's a bloody, dark adventure story.