Death and Douglas

by J. W. Ocker

Overview

Douglas has grown up around the business of death. Generations of his family have run the Mortimer Family Funeral Home. The mortician and gravediggers are all his buddies. And the display room of caskets is an awesome place for hide and seek. It’s business as usual in Douglas’s small New England town. Until one day an incredibly out of the ordinary murder victim is brought to the funeral home. And more startling: others follow.
On the cusp of Halloween, a serial killer has arrived. And unsatisfied with the small-town investigation, Douglas enlists his friends to help him solve the mystery. With sumptuous descriptions of a bucolic town and it’s quirky people, fascinating yet middle grade–appropriate insider information about the funeral process, and a crackling mystery with a heart-pounding conclusion—Death and Douglas has something for readers young and old.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510724624
Publisher:	Sky Pony
Publication date:	10/31/2017
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

J. W. Ocker is the Edgar Award-winning author of Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe. He runs the website OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (Oddthingsiveseen.com). His other books include A Season With the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, and The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium, which won Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers. His work has appeared in Rue Morgue Magazine, The Boston Globe, CNN, The Atlantic, and other places people stick writing. He's from Maryland, but has lived in New Hampshire since 2008. This is his first book for children.

Editorial Reviews

"Spooky! Hilarious! And beautifully written. Ocker's Death and Douglas now joins Bradbury's The Halloween Tree as an annual autumn read." —Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why and Piper

"Ocker populates his eerie New England town with a memorable cast, and gives us a compelling hero in Douglas Mortimer. Kids and coffee-drinkers beware!" —Patrick Moody, author of The Gravedigger’s Son

"With the perfect balance of macabre and mystery, the ideal combination of horror and humor, the Ghastlies are bringing plenty of goosebumps and giggles for everyone!" —Brooks Benjamin, author of My Seventh Grade Life in Tights

"Spooky! Hilarious! And beautifully written. Ocker's Death and Douglas now joins Bradbury's The Halloween Tree as an annual autumn read." —Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why and Piper

"Ocker populates his eerie New England town with a memorable cast, and gives us a compelling hero in Douglas Mortimer. Kids and coffee-drinkers beware!" —Patrick Moody, author of The Gravedigger’s Son

"With the perfect balance of macabre and mystery, the ideal combination of horror and humor, the Ghastlies are bringing plenty of goosebumps and giggles for everyone!" —Brooks Benjamin, author of My Seventh Grade Life in Tights

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