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    The Awful Apple Orchard
    The Awful Apple Orchard
    The Awful Apple Orchard
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    The Awful Apple Orchard

    By M.D. Spenser

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    HAVE SOME TASTY, GHOSTLY APPLES!!!

    Daniel and his little sister, Sara, are allowed to miss school for a two-week vacation. While enjoying the view, their father mentions rumors that the local apple orchard and cider mill are haunted. Frightening things begin to happen. Daniel and Sara start to think the story was more than just a rumor. Worse, they have reason to doubt that anyone will believe them. ... and, worse still, that Sara might be part of the recipe for GHOSTLY APPLE SAUCE ...

    Book Seven in the classic 36-book "Shivers" series by the popular children's author M.D. Spenser.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 27, 2013
    ISBN9781483502397
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    • 2/5
      This author is definitely unsuccessfully trying to copy R.L. Stine's book series, Goosebumps. Poorly written compared to Goosebumps and harder to feel connected to the characters. I am 22 though, so a child would appreciate this series more.
      The ending was definitely surprising- and gross!

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    The Awful Apple Orchard - M.D. Spenser

    9781483502397

    Chapter One

    This is going to be the best vacation we ever had! Sara said again. She had been saying it about every fifteen minutes since we had gotten into the car.

    Usually, that sort of thing drives me nuts. A year of age makes a huge difference in people’s maturity. I’m twelve. Sara is eleven.

    But this time I just kept my mouth shut. After all, it was my fault that we had not taken this vacation in the summer, and that we almost missed it entirely.

    Of course, it was also my fault, if you want to put it that way, that Sara and I were excused from two weeks of school to take this family vacation in October.

    But I figured if I said anything to her now, she would remind everybody that we’d almost had no vacation at all because of me. So I just kept quiet.

    You know, Sara, Mom said over her shoulder from the front seat, "I think you’re right."

    And then she said, Oh! and turned to face Dad, who was driving.

    "Bob, I just remembered the mill. Let’s stop there on the way to the cabin and get some apples and cider."

    Sure, Dad said. "It’s on the way."

    What kind of a mill? I asked.

    It’s a very old cider mill, Mom said, "and they make great apple cider. They have their own orchard, so they even grow their own apples. And you can go inside the mill and actually watch the apples being crushed and the cider being made."

    Oh, Sara said.

    Cool, I said.

    And besides, Dad said, without taking his eyes off the road, "there’s even some old story about the mill and the orchard being haunted. Your mother and I heard that when we were there a few years ago."

    Haunted? Sara said. She did not exactly sound thrilled.

    That makes it extra cool! I said.

    But when I really started to think about it, a cold, clammy shiver came over me. I wasn’t sure why. Even though I knew — or thought I knew — that there were no such things as haunted buildings, I was siezed by a sense of foreboding and dread.

    Chapter Two

    In the car, Sara just gave me a dirty look and went back to watching the countryside roll by. Every mile of the New York State Thruway fascinated her.

    We rode in silence for a few minutes, and then Sara called out again.

    Look! Over there! Cows! There’s a whole herd of cows!

    Sara, I said, "there are four cows, not a herd."

    I couldn’t help it.

    I like cows! Sara said.

    Daniel, let your sister enjoy the cows, Dad said. "Besides, once we get to the cabin, you’re going to see about a million times more apples than cows. New York State is famous for its apples."

    And its haunted cider mills! I said, looking at Sara.

    She just shot me another dirty look without saying anything.

    Mom said, "You know, that mill is close enough for you two to ride your bikes there. You could take a ride there every day and we could have fresh cider every day."

    Sure, Mom, I said. "I’m glad we brought them."

    It had been my idea to bring the bikes, and they were riding now on the top of the car.

    A few minutes later, Dad said, Here we go, and steered the car into the exit lane.

    We all cheered.

    After paying the toll, Dad turned the car onto a narrow country road that twisted and turned constantly. Along the sides of the road were some small patches of woods and a lot of farmers’ fields and really old, red barns.

    We’re getting close, Dad said.

    It was the middle of October, so all the leaves on the trees along the road had turned yellow and gold and red. They were just beginning to drop off the branches, and a few brightly colored leaves littered the road and the edges of the fields.

    You know what I’m going to do? Sara said to no one in particular.

    You’re going to collect leaves, I said right away.

    That’s right, Sara said, speaking with dignity. "And they’re going to be the most beautiful leaves in the world."

    Bob, remember to stop for cider, Mom said to Dad.

    I have to admit that I was sitting forward on the seat, looking out the window just like Sara, now that we were getting so close to the cabin.

    And to the haunted cider mill.

    Before I even knew what I was doing, I was shouting myself.

    Hey, look at the horses!

    Well, Sara said smugly, "look who’s shouting about animals now."

    Then Dad said, "Here’s the turn for the cider mill."

    We turned onto a gravel road beside a house that looked as if it might fall down at any minute. The road was bumpy and Dad had to let the car just crawl along slowly.

    There it is, Mom said.

    The cider mill was a big red building, sort of like a barn. There were lots

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