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Deep and Dark and Dangerous

  • 2007 first published
  • 187 pages
  • 2 editions

Mary Downing Hahn's Deep and Dark and Dangerous (2007) is a ghost story and horror novel. The story is set in Maine. It deals with secrets, cousins, mothers and daughters and ghosts.

84 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 187 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About Deep and Dark and Dangerous

Ali goes on vacation in maine with her aunt dulcie, and her baby cousin emma. soon emma and ali meet a sassy girl named sissy, who is a bad influence on emma. Sissy keeps talking about a girl named teresa, who drowned back when claire, Ali's mom, and dulcie were little kids, and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks that sissy is just trying to scare her and emma, but soon figures out why Sissy is so angry.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Secrets
  • Cousins
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Ghosts
  • Children's fiction
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Horror stories
  • Mother-daughter relationship
  • Ghost stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Deep and Dark and Dangerous?

Deep and Dark and Dangerous was written by Mary Downing Hahn and first published in 2007.

What genre is Deep and Dark and Dangerous?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is Deep and Dark and Dangerous?

The median edition has 187 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Deep and Dark and Dangerous?

Readers who like it often enjoy Bag of Bones, It and Dreamcatcher.

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