"But no matter what happened to me in the future, I'd keep it to myself, even keep if from Mom and Dad. I'd never be humiliated like that again" (p. 10).

" I felt as though I'd been sucked into a cold, smothering mist that surged forward, its thudding heartbeat racing, pounding against my forehead like hammer blows" (p. 12).

"Directly below me, under the brown-red splattered walls, lay a pool of blood" (p. 21).

"There was something strange about this house, and Dee Dee knew what it was" (p. 28).

"It was obvious to me that there was some unhappy story connected with this house, and people who knew it were trying to keep it from us" (p. 38).

"I realized I could no more walk away from this unseen spirit than I could if she were flesh and blood standing before me, begging for my help" (p. 41).

"As he reached across the...