Spirit Week

Secret rooms, eerie curses, forgotten caves. Could you survive a week in the Underlook Hotel?

Aspiring engineer Suzy Hess is invited to the famous Underlook Hotel, domain of the reclusive horror writer Jack Axworth, in the mountains above her hometown of Estes Park, Colorado. Suzy thinks she's there to tutor Jack's son, Danny, but instead she finds herself investigating a local curse that threatens the landmark hotel.

With the help of Elijah Jones, an amateur filmmaker who thought he'd been asked to make a film about the so-called King of Horror; Rena Hallorann, the hotel's caretaker; and Danny, who knows more than he's letting on, Suzy sets out to solve the mystery at the heart of the Underlook, one that holds the town of Estes Park in its grasp. With only a week to save the hotel--and the town--the friends find themselves racing against time to uncover the shadows of the past.

Author: Ira Marcks
Publisher: Little, Brown Ink
Published: 10/25/2022
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780316278065
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2022
School Library Journal 11/01/2022 pg. 61

About the Author
Ira Marcks is a cartoonist living in Upstate New York with his wife, their cat and dog, and lots of books he's been meaning to read. He is the author of Shark Summer and Spirit Week. His love for ancient magic and possible futures has led him to create a warehouse of esoteric objects for the Hugo Award-winning magazine Weird Tales and to tell stories about villainous technology for the European Research Council.