When Kara’s parents and brother appear to vanish, Quinn is determined to solve the inn’s mystery. An unexpected stop at a strange desert inn full of increasingly spooky disappearances reminds Quinn too vividly of how her younger sister, Emma, went missing earlier that year. Long-time friends Quinn and Kara find their friendship sorely tested when Kara’s family moves to California and Quinn accompanies them on a road trip to their new home.

Potentially Sensitive Areas: Dark subject matter including death child abduction and vivid depiction of hell Grotesque imagery Will the girls be able to solve the mystery of what happened to Kara’s family before it’s too late? When Kara’s parents and then brother disappear without a trace, the girls are stranded in a hotel full of strange guests, hallways that twist back in on themselves, and a particularly nasty surprise lurking beneath the floorboards. They stop over at the first hotel they see, a Victorian inn that instantly gives Quinn the creeps, and she begins to notice strange things happening around them. When Quinn’s best friend Kara has to move away, she goes on one last trip with Kara and her family. She was caught cheating in school, and then one day, her little sister Emma disappeared while walking home from school. The Shining meets “Hotel California” in this supremely creepy middle grade novel about the bizarre things that happen to two girls stranded at a desert inn.Įleven-year-old Quinn has had some bad experiences lately.

The inn between by marina cohen