

3.5 Stars • In The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry, set in 1980s Smiths Hollow, teenage Lauren grapples with her dad‘s unsolved murder while the town ignores the gruesome deaths of two girls. As her friend Miranda drifts away, Lauren‘s visions of a monster reveal a dark secret: a witch‘s curse demands sacrifices for the town‘s prosperity. With a curious new cop in town, Lauren must face the evil herself in this eerie, bloody coming-of-age story.