Gloam

“The first time I read this book, I was so frightened I hid under the bed—and read it again.”—Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events "Thrillingly scary and impossible to put down. Don’t read it alone!" —Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co For fans of Small Spaces and Goosebumps comes a delightfully creepy tale of a girl who must defend her family home from a babysitter with a monstrous secret! Gwen doesn’t want to admit that everything has been different since her mom died. There’s no time for all these feelings now that she has her younger brother and twin sisters to look after. Especially not after the move into their late grandmother’s creaky old house on a tiny, damp island where someone—or something—is waiting for them. Esme Laverne. Gwen isn’t fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and too-sharp teeth,