Laura Hickey Reviews

Added November 6, 2004

Mysterious Chills and Thrills

Author: Laura Hickey
Publisher: LH Publications and Productions
Available At: www.lulu.com
Publishing Date: Available Now
Genre: Middle Reader: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Format: Trade Paperback and Ebook download in PDF
Price: $6.95 paperback, $4.50 ebook
ISBN: 0-9749013-0-X
Author Email/Website: www.laurahickey.com
Reviewer: Melissa Levine

Laura Hickey's Mysterious Chills and Thrills will arouse the imaginations of the young adult fiction audience, speaking to six-year-olds and up in language natural to that age group. The ten stories chronicle adventures with a haunted house, attacks from an evil twin, jewelry that grants wishes for people to disappear, a costume that sentences the wearer to life as a shadow, and more equally bizarre outcomes. Hickey teases the reader with Twilight Zone like prologues accompanying each tale. Although the introductions were enticing, I did find myself disappointed that many of the stories did not appear fully developed, leaving me longing for a little more plot before being hit with an inevitably twisted ending. But, since I am further "up" than the intended age range for this short story collection, I enlisted a second reader for additional feedback: My eleven-year-old son. He gave every story a "cool" rating. For Ms. Hickey I would say that translates into mission accomplished.

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