It didn’t freak me out in the same way, but I did still get chills while reading. I enjoyed this one! This was technically a reread for me, but I didn’t remember anything from it except that when I was a kid it really freaked me out. This book reminds me of my favorite ghost story, Who’s there? by Stephanie Tolan.

She didn't have a very good relationship with them. However, if I could change anything about this story, I would have Lila confide in her parents what she was seeing in the house. The characters were interesting and even included a wise, talking tree! I did not dislike anything about this book. I loved this book and was very intrigued by the ghostly plot. She hopes Lila is the one person she can trust to tell about the secret she’s been keeping for two hundred years. Daphne knows she’s a ghost and only a few people have ever seen her. Then in the next chapter, Daphne describes how intently Lila was looking back at her in the mirror. For instance, during a tour of the house, Lila looked in a mirror and saw Daphne. Alternating between narrators allowed the readers to experience a story through different perspectives. Using the style of narration is effective because it shows differences between modern times and the hard times of slavery. In the next chapter, Daphne describes seeing Lila to the reader. During Lila’s family vacation to the haunted plantation, Lila would see Daphne and other ghosts around the house.

Daphne was a slave who lived and died on the Laurel Oaks plantation two centuries ago. The other narrator is a teenage girl named Daphne. One narrator is a rebellious teenage girl named Lila from the present day. The narrators of the story alternate between chapters. This book was written using the rhetorical mode of narration. She was hanged for it despite any evidence proving she committed these crimes.

In the book, a young slave girl was accused of poisoning her master’s wife and two daughters. The theme of this book is to not believe all the rumors you may hear. It is suspenseful, mysterious, and spooky from the beginning to the end. The author’s main purpose for writing this novel is to entertain readers. The Secret of Laurel Oaks is a ghost story based on stories about The Myrtles Plantation in St.

The secret of laurel oaks by lois ruby