Black Creek Crossing

Black Creek Crossing by John Saul

Thirteen-year-old Angel Sullivan has always been shunned by other kids, teased and taunted because of her appearance and strange ways.  Then Angel's family moves to Roundtree, Massachusetts.  They are told from the beginning that all kinds of wierd things have happened in the little old house on Black Creek Road, but the lure of a new start for Angel's family beckons and they make the move anyway.  But when Angel is shunned even by her new classmates, she falls deeper into depression.  Until she meets Seth Baker, a fellow outcast.  The two become fast friends, but are constantly harrassed by the other kids as well as their own parents.  The two begin to  research the house and discover that a man had murdered his wife and daughter there.  And every other family who moved into the house hear voices, see visions, and many murders had taken place.  Angel and Seth are led to the basement of the house by a mysterious black cat where they find a very old book of witchcraft and begin to make potions against their enemies.  But once they had begun, there was no turning back.  The spirits of Black Creek Crossing had a hold on them.  And the day of reckoning comes. 

John Saul is the author of the national bestseller Midnight Voices, which I will definitely have to read after having read Black Creek Crossing.  This book was a fast paced page turner and actually gave me a nightmare on the first night that I was reading it!  My nightmare was totally unrelated but I'm positive that it was stemmed from the book.  It has all the classic haunts such as the black cat, the old cemetery with the mysterious big oak tree, witchcraft, and ghosts.  The book was published in 2004 and is a Ballantine Book by the Random House Publishing Group.  Go get it right away, you won't be sorry!