Viola Peters wakes up in the middle of the night during a storm. She thinks she sees an old crone standing beside her bed. The hag pleads with Viola to help her. She has been waiting for Viola for a long time. When Viola reaches out to touch her, the hag vanishes.
The next morning Viola draws a charcoal sketch of the lady. She has frizzy white hair and crow's marks all over her face.
But the old lady is not the only one whispering to Viola. She heads for the beach and meets an old clam man who whispers and hisses at her. She hears whispers from little holes in the sand. Then the portraits on the walls along the stairway "talk" to her.
Viola had better find out what's going on --- before the whispers become deafening in this young adult horror novel.
The next morning Viola draws a charcoal sketch of the lady. She has frizzy white hair and crow's marks all over her face.
But the old lady is not the only one whispering to Viola. She heads for the beach and meets an old clam man who whispers and hisses at her. She hears whispers from little holes in the sand. Then the portraits on the walls along the stairway "talk" to her.
Viola had better find out what's going on --- before the whispers become deafening in this young adult horror novel.
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