Midnight Curse

A deep, raspy voice whispered, "The midnight curse has been passed on to you!" Thus begins a frightfully wacky adventure that will have young readers turning every page in spine-tingling anticipation. Lacey and her twin brother, Charlie, are visiting England to find out if they inherited anything from their reclusive uncle Jonathan, but before long, Charlie realises he might not have inherited anything but the family curse. It's a bad one - he'll shrivel up and die unless someone ventures to the attic to face a malevolent spirit. Curse removal is a complicated game involving a gothic cast of shifty characters. The twins sure have stirred things up, and the clock is ticking on Charlie's curse. Can they finish what they started? Ages 9-12 AUTHOR: L.M. (Lucy) Falcone was a couch potato growing up and loved watching television. Her parents were immigrants and rarely did a book find its way into her home - that is, until she discovered the local library. Encouraged by her beloved Grade 5 teacher, Mrs. Cherwaty, to read her short stories aloud to the class, Lucy felt a spark ignite that has never been extinguished. She knew, from the tender age of ten, that she wanted to be a writer, although along the way she also became a teacher and a private investigator. Eventually she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her writing career. Here she rubbed elbows with celebrities (and thighs with Sidney Poitier!). During these years she completed thirteen screenplays and wrote for such series as The Littlest Hobo, The New Monkees, and Nickelodeon's hugely popular Are You Afraid of the Dark?