York, Carol Beach

Two young girls, spending a vacation with their family in a gloomy house, begin to play at witchcraft.

Two teenage girls promote the friendship between a lonely wealthy widow and an eight-year-old who resembles the woman's dead daughter.

Miss Plum tells a scary story to the girls at the Good Day Orphanage, little by little, every night. Phoebe and Tatty notice the house down the street seems like the wizard's house in the story. Should they tell someone?.

A young boy is convinced that the old lady whose leaves he rakes is a witch especially when his own mother sees the old woman disappear.

Hester discovers that Mr. Mordrian casts an evil spell upon each item sold in his shop and that he intends to further his power using Hester as his assistant. Can she foil his plan?.

Erin's mother is seeing a mysterious man, who is supposed to be an old friend of the family. The only person in which Erin can confide is her friend Dorrie-- but Dorris is a letter away.

From the day they move to their new house in the country, Roger and Anabelle have a strange feeling about the tree house on their property.

Her uneasy feeling about her aunt's collection of grotesque homemade dolls causes Alice to be particularly suspicious of a doll given to a mischevious cousin.

The first Christmas after their mother dies is especially difficult when nine-year-old Jenny receives a message and a gift from Momma and writes her a letter.