The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker (Are You Afraid of the Dark #2)

The next installment in the middle-grade horror series based on Nickelodeon's hit show Are You Afraid of the Dark? from YA horror sensation Danielle Valentine. Layla and Emily go to the store to pick up Emilys doll, but Layla is shocked to see Quinns old doll sitting on a shelf, covered in dust. When they return home, Layla hears whispering coming from the closet where she stashed the Quinn doll, and her beloved tortoiseshell cat, Anne Boleyn, is behaving as if possessed. Emily falls ill, and when Layla's joints begin to stiffen unnaturally, she knows the dolls are to blame. Can Layla track down the answers she desperately needs?

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2024
Publisher: Abrams

The spine-tingling continuation of the middle-grade horror series based on Nickelodeon's beloved show Are You Afraid of the Dark? comes from YA horror sensation Danielle Valentine. Everyone craves a Ms. Mabel doll, and the dolls have a request of their own... Ms. Mabel's Doll Emporium can create a doll that resembles anyone, down to the last detail, from hair color to the shape of its tiny fingernails, creating your very own "mini-me." Fourteen-year-old Layla has saved up her babysitting money to purchase one for her younger sister, Emily. Emily is dying to have one of her own, and Layla understands exactly how it feels to desire something. She's never been so envious of anything as she was of Quinn's doll. Then Quinn moved away, and she and the doll vanished from Layla's life. The loss still hurts. Which is why—when the two sisters go to the store to pick up Emily's doll—Layla is surprised to see Quinn's old doll sitting on a shelf, covered in dust. Layla hardly recognizes herself as she stuffs the doll into her backpack as the girls leave the store... and the afternoon gets even stranger when they return home. Layla hears whispering coming from the closet where she's stashed the Quinn doll. She wakes up in the middle of the night, frozen in fear as something creeps around the shadows. Her beloved tortoiseshell cat, Anne Boleyn, is behaving as if possessed. And she could swear the teeth on Emily's doll look somehow... sharper than before. Then Emily falls ill, and when Layla's joints begin to stiffen unnaturally, she knows the dolls are to blame. They want something from their owners, and they won't stop until it's theirs. Can Layla track down the answers she desperately needs? Or will Emily and Layla eventually disintegrate?

Weight: 378g
Dimension: 210 x 147 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781419763472