Now, something on the island is haunting Essie. Years ago, she watched in horror as the ship General Slocum caught fire and sank near its shores, plummeting one thousand women and children to their deaths. Essie knows the island is plagued with tragedy. That’s where Essie’s new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurable sick, including the infamous Typhoid Mary. Her mother has remarried, and they must move from their dilapidated tenement in the Bronx to North Brother Island, a dreary place in the East River. Most of all, she’s afraid of the red door in her nightmares.īut soon Essie discovers so much more to fear. She’s afraid of the silver sick bell, a family heirloom that brings up frightening memories. She’s afraid of cats and electric lights. Kasper Kramer’s The List of Unspeakable Fears.Įssie O’Neill is afraid of everything. 14, 2021, Hardcover, $17.99 (ages 8-12)Ī girl who has widespread anxieties finds herself living on the same island as Typhoid Mary in J. Kasper Kramer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Sept.
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