The Hanging Hill

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2009 by Chris Grabenstein

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grabenstein, Chris. The Hanging Hill / Chris Grabenstein. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: While working at a summer stock theater, eleven-year-old Zack and his stepmother encounter the ghost of one of Connecticut’s most notorious criminals.

eISBN: 978-0-375-85384-5

[1. Ghosts—Fiction. 2. Stepmothers—Fiction. 3. Theater—Fiction. 4. Criminals—Fiction. 5. Connecticut—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.G7487Han 2009

[Fic]—dc22

2008027274

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