(G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)In this hair-raising novel by Vermont author and Middlebury College alum, Brian, Ollie and Coco, still banded closely together for safety, make a chilling discovery about the “incident” last October when their school field trip to a local farm went horribly awry, with scarecrows come-to-life and their first encounter with the smiling man — they weren’t the only kids who remembered what happened. Months later, after narrowly surviving being trapped at a haunted ski … (read more)