What We Saw, Mary Downing Hahn
What We Saw, Mary Downing Hahn
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What We Saw
A Thriller

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Narrator: Rebecca Mozo

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 09/06/2022


Synopsis

A chilling murder mystery lies at the heart of this page-turning thriller about a missing teacher, small town secrets, and turbulent tween friendships from master of middle grade horror Mary Downing Hahn.When best friends Abbi and Skylar witness a clandestine meeting between a mysterious woman and someone in a dark van, they're thrilled. Finally, a mystery to spice up the summer!Who could these people be? Why are they meeting? Are they spies? Criminals? The two girls are determined to find out. But then a local woman goes missing and is found dead in the woods. And Abbi and Skylar realize that their detective work could hold the keys to solving her murder. Suddenly, sleuthing isn't so fun anymore.As tensions rise and their friendship frays, the girls find themselves in increasing danger, and must choose between keeping a secret or exposing a life-altering truth.

About Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lydia on September 06, 2022

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins Children's Books for the ARC. In What We Saw, two 12 year old girls are looking for some adventure over summer break when they find a treehouse in the "bad" area of their town. They spend their time reading books from their summer reading list, avoiding bullies......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on June 13, 2022

What We Saw is wasted on children. I say that in the best possible way: Mary Downing Hahn — as she so often does — has written a middle-grade book that will thrill adults. Inseparable since third grade, rising eighth-graders Abbi Dawson and Skyler Freeman disobey Abbi’s mom and bicycle over to the “......more

Goodreads review by Kristi Housman on August 19, 2022

RTC for blog Thank you to HarperCollins Children's Books for sending me a copy for review.......more

Goodreads review by Nev on December 08, 2022

3.5 - The thriller aspects of this book were darker and more intense than I was expecting in a Middle Grade book. However, I wouldn’t recommend this to people only interested in the thriller plot. It almost takes 100 pages before that’s fully part of the story. I think this book’s true strength is t......more

Goodreads review by Karen on November 16, 2022

gotta give big props to this book because it left me with a LOT to think about......more