Storm

By: Nicola Skinner

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd

The sinister eeriness of Doll Bones meets the dark humor of Lemony Snicket in this smart middle grade ghost story.

Frances—you can call her Frankie—was not a happy baby. She was born amidst chaos, to two loving but unprepared parents. On a beach. In a storm. No wonder she’s always had a temper.

And you know what did nothing to quell her anger? Dying dramatically in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town.

As a ghost, it’s not so easy for Frankie to hide her rage, especially when suspicious visitors to her ruined home seem to have a keen and ominous interest in her. But when you were born with a storm inside you—sometimes the only way to calm it is to finally let it out.

Readers who loved the heart of books like Shouting at the Rain and Orphan Island will love following Frankie’s ghostly journey.

Includes horrible child abuse and graphic details about death

This was an assigned reading for my grade school kiddo. I read it too. The narration was awesome, the story was VERY graphic especially the details about the dead. It caused fear, nightmares and was totally not appropriate for kids. The child abuse in the story, especially the abuse toward the baby, churned my stomach. What a horrid story. I do not recommend this book to anyone.