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Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5
Page count: 18
Categories: Female Protagonist, Ghosts, Halloween, Heroines, Horror, Scary
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Author

Paul
Jennings
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Uncollected Two: Every Story from Uncanny, Unbearable and Unmentionable

Story Summary

When Kate, Matthew and their dad find a sealed trunk on the beach, Matthew and his dad are all for opening it but Kate senses something terribly evil about the trunk and begs them not to open it.