Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

Reviewed by Mrs. Bruno from Arongen

If you like suspenseful stories, you will find this book a page turner. Ali finds a torn photo with the letter "T" on the back in a Nancy Drew book. When she questions her mother, Ali's mom becomes tense and moody, evading all of her questions. Ali feels smothered by her overprotective mother and is looking for an escape. Freedom comes in the form of her aunt who needs a babysitter for the summer. Her mother refuses to let her go to her grandparent's vacation home to babysit., but later relents. One day by the lake Ali and her cousin meet Sissy. Sissy has strange powers over Ali's younger cousin's behavior that take Ali on a journey to find out about the secrets her mother and aunt have been keeping in order to save her cousin's innocence.