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Bunting, Eve

The Banshee

32 pp. | Clarion | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-82162-4 $16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Convinced that he hears a banshee wailing in the middle of the night, a young Irish boy fights his fear and goes out to confront her. Though there turns out to be a rational explanation, it doesn't negate the suspense of Bunting’s taut, immediate story. McCully's atmospheric watercolors add to the tension, whether depicting the banshee of the boy's imagination or the spooky-enough dark-of-night reality.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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