The Haunted House

The Haunted House

A cursed house, nightmares and a really nice family – Mama, Papa, Hendrik, who tells the tale of this mysterious winter, and Eddi, who collects snails. A wonderful novel by an inventive, wild author who teaches us the meaning of fear.

One could say that it is all just wild imagination, but it is not that easy. Someone is after Hendrik and Eddi, who have moved to a small village in Bavaria with their parents into the house at the little pest church – as if they were trying to get rid of them as fast as possible. Even Mama says, “I think this village life isn’t the right thing for us. And this house as well.” When Eddi starts to sleepwalk and have terrible nightmares, it becomes clear to Hendrik – there is a curse on this house. Together with Ida, Hendrik pursues the mysterious clues that lead them to an unpunished crime of the past. Why are so many children buried in the cemetery? And will the two be able to ban the curse on the haunted house before new victims are claimed?

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