Haunted Hospital
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Copyright © Marty Chan 2020
Published in Canada and the United States in 2020 by Orca Book Publishers.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Haunted hospital / Marty Chan.
Names: Chan, Marty, author.
Series: Orca currents.
Description: Series statement: Orca currents
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200178768 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200178776 |
ISBN 9781459826205 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459826212 (PDF) |
ISBN 9781459826229 (EPUB)
Classification: LCC PS8555.H39244 H38 2020 | DDC jC813/.54—dc23
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020930587
Summary: In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, four young teens find themselves in serious danger during a role-playing game in a supposedly abandoned hospital.
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Edited by Tanya Trafford
Design by Ella Collier
Cover image by Gettyimages.ca/zodebala
Author photo by Ryan Parker
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Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
The light from Li’s phone shone a path in the dark cemetery. She crept between the tombstones, trying to still her shaking hand.
Crack!
She spun around. The leafless trees behind her looked like skeletal fingers reaching for the bright moon.
“Who’s there?” Li asked.
No answer.
She zipped up her fleece jacket, bracing herself against the brisk wind. She looked at the text on her phone again.
Find Tamara Reyes
Her mission was to find the gravestone marked with the name Tamara Reyes. It was part of the game Spirits and Specters. Li and her friends were the ghost hunters. Li had been given a solo assignment. She had to find evidence of the supernatural to earn bonus points.