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Mary Downing Hahn: Recommended Reads of 2011

Mary Downing Hahn is the author of spine-chilling ghost stories, spooky mysteries, and other books for children and teens, including “Mary Downing Hahn’s Haunting Tales” (available as a NookBook), “Witch Catcher,” “The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall,” and “All the Lovely Bad Ones.” Hahn, a former children’s librarian, has been writing children’s books for more than 30 years and her books… Continue Reading