Book Review - The House on Hoarder Hill by Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai

Magical, spooky and mysterious: welcome to the House on Hoarder Hill ...

When Hedy and Spencer start receiving messages on dusty picture frames, Christmas at their grandfather's spooky house turns into a mission to solve the mystery of their grandmother's disappearance. What is their magician grandfather not telling them? With the help of a (talking) mounted stag head, an (also talking) bear rug, and other (currently) disembodied spirits, and against the resistance of gargoyles and ravens, Hedy and Spencer set out to find the truth.

I highly recommend this magical middle-grade book. I love the backstories and the interactions between characters, both major and minor. The debate between tricks and magic was very well done. The story is easy to keep up with, although younger readers may need breaks as it does get long winded occasionally. While the words 'spooky' have been used I don't feel like this was a scary book and was quite happy to enjoy the story. I rate this book 3.5 stars.

Thanks to Scholastic Australia for providing me a copy of this book for my independent and honest review.