
The mysterious mummer
Canadian fiction, Family stories, Ghost and horror stories, Holiday fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
Automated braille
Summary
Thirteen-year-old Joey is shipped off to stay with his aunt in Newfoundland for Christmas. His aunt is obsessed with her dead husband, a strange boy appears and disappears, and Joey eavesdrops on a seance that scares the pants off him.… Throw in mysterious goings-on at the local lighthouse and some peculiar yuletide traditions, and Joey finds himself being drawn deeper and deeper into a world where history and mystery collide. Grades 4-7. 2003.