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The Doll that Waved Goodbye: and Other Scary Tales
By Michael Dahl and Xavier Bonet
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In this collection of spine-chilling tales, a doll comes to life and haunts a little girl, a young writer only has one hundred words to let others know about an approaching danger, and a boy is trapped in an underground bunker with spooky people who have been missing for years and years.
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Michael Dahl
Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers’ Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.
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The Doll that Waved Goodbye - Michael Dahl
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Dear Reader,
I LIVE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Not everyone believes me, but I’ve seen the ghost. Her name is Helen. One night I stood at the end of my hallway and saw Helen glide into my bedroom.
That’s the only word for it. Glide.
I slept on the couch that night.
The previous owners told me Helen’s name. They did not tell me what she looked like. I found that out for myself.
It seems we all find out what scares us when we are alone.
Now it’s your turn to be alone. Alone with this book. Just you and the pages and the stories. You’ll find out what scares the people in these stories.
At the same time, you might also find out what scares you…
Nobody believes me. But I still have to tell someone, anyone. You. Whoever is reading this, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
Our brains are falling apart.
Doctors don’t know what to call it. Kids call it Zombie Creep.
It started in Iceland. Now it’s everywhere. You get it from breathing the same air as a sick person. Your brain gets smaller and smaller. You can tell you have it because it rots your thinking. Your words.
Soon you can only use a few words at a time. Only a hundred each day! But there’s a cure. All you have to do is
Bedbug! Bedbug!
shouted the little boy.
That’s just Norman’s way of saying he doesn’t want to go to bed,
his mother, Mrs. Brocken, explained to the babysitter.
Bedbug!
Norman said again.
He’s been saying that ever since the other night,
said Mrs. Brocken. My husband told him, ‘Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite.’
"Bite!
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