The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie

The house is definitely haunted, but Sunshine is the only person who can see incidents or hear the little girl’s laughs, cries, and sounds of fear. Nolan believes that Sunshine’s mom has been taken over by an evil entity, and after seeing her mom basically almost cut her hand off while chopping tomatoes, she’s inclined to believe. After the incident occurs, Sunshine’s mom suddenly turns from believer into a distant shadow of herself, not believing anything Sunshine says, and seemingly wasting away before her eyes. Sunshine confides in her mom, and her mom and she have a frightening incident where they are locked out of the bathroom and hear the cries of a little girl who’s drowning in the bathtub. Sunshine confides in her friend Nolan, a kid whom she shares a mild crush on, and whom believes in ghosts, thanks to his recently deceased grandfather. Things in her room begin to move around, including her stuffed owl, and her checkers board, which is always set up and looks like the next move is hers, whenever she returns from school. She knew it was going to take time to readjust to the huge change, but frightening things start happening in their new house almost immediately. Sunshine moves from Texas to rainy, gray Washington with her mom. I would recommend you check it out, although it isn’t necessary, if I’m any indication.

Thank you to Perseus for sending an advance to the store.īefore I launch into the review, I have to say that “Sunshine Girl” is a Youtube phenomenon, of which I had no (and still have no) knowledge of (haven’t had time to investigate further), and which has more than a little bearing upon this book.

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie