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After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"—a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells…
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6 editions- Hardcover · English · 2018G. P. Putnam's Sons · 218 pages · 9780525515029
- Other · English · 2024Penguin Young Readers Group · 9780593857083
- Other · English · 2019Thorndike Press · 9781432865900
- Other · English · 2019Penguin Publishing Group · 9781536457216
- Other · English · 2019Thorndike Press Large Print · 290 pages · 9781432865894
- Other · English · 2019Penguin Publishing Group · 224 pages · 9780525515043
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