When the Jack o' lanterns Never Died

What if your Halloween wish came true—and you couldn't take it back? Ten-year-old Tim Holloway loves Halloween more than anything—the candy, the costumes, and the electric feeling in the air that makes anything seem possible. So on October 31st, he does what any kid would do: he wishes it could last forever. He should have been more careful. When Tim wakes up the next morning to bat-shaped pancakes and jack-o'-lanterns still glowing on every porch, he realizes with a sinking stomach that Halloween is happening again. And again. And again. The candy loses its flavor, the laughter turns hollow, and every clock in Greenfield is frozen at 6:47 PM. His parents don't notice anything is wrong, and one by one, the kids around him are going silent and still—becoming what the town clockmaker grimly calls, ‘the Shadow Children.’ Now, Tim and his older sister Sarah must uncover the dark secret buried inside the crumbling Hemlock House at the end of the lane—a ghost, a century-old curse, and a mother's grief so powerful it swallowed an entire town whole. But to break the curse, they'll have to do the one thing no kid in Greenfield has ever dared: knock on that door and face what waits on the other side. It turns out, forever isn't magical. Forever is a trap. Read more