Small Spaces av Katherine Arden

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<b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling adult author of <i>The Bear and the Nightingale</i> makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic. Now in paperback.</b><br><br>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. <br>     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 Ollie and her classmates: "Best get moving. At nightfall they''ll come for the rest of you." Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie''s pre