In this sequel to the middle grade modern horror classic Skeleton Man , Joseph Bruchac revisits his most terrifying villain yet. "Will surely keep readers turning pages," proclaimed Publishers Weekly . Molly thought she’d put her traumatic past behind her when she escaped from Skeleton Man last year. She rescued her parents and tried to get her life back to normal. She thought her family would finally be able to live happily ever after. She thought wrong. Skeleton Man is back for revenge—but this time Molly is ready. Don't miss The Legend of Skeleton Man : a spine-tingling collection of  The Return of Skeleton Man and the original Skeleton Man story ! ?Perfect for Halloween Reading - Ideal for fans of the supernatural - Features light scares “A roaring good horror story.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “Engaging and fast–paced sequel to a modern horror classic.” - School Library Journal “Middle school students will enjoy the mystery and suspense as well as the ghostly legends. Molly is a plucky heroine who is not about to give in to her fears, even when they are well-founded. - KLIATT “Molly is a plucky heroine who is not about to give in to her fears, even when they are well-founded.” - KLIATT “Will surely keep readers turning pages.” - Publishers Weekly The monster has returned . . . Molly thought she'd put her traumatic past behind her when she escaped from Skeleton Man last year. She thought her family would finally be able to live happily ever after. She thought wrong. Skeleton Man is back for revenge--but this time Molly is ready. --School Library Journal The monster has returned . . . Molly thought she'd put her traumatic past behind her when she escaped from Skeleton Man last year. She thought her family would finally be able to live happily ever after. She thought wrong. Skeleton Man is back for revenge—but this time Molly is ready. Joseph Bruchac is the author of Skeleton Man , The Return of Skeleton Man , Bearwalker , The Dark Pond , and Whisper in the Dark , as well as numerous other critically acclaimed novels, poems, and stories, many drawing on his Abenaki heritage. Mr. Bruchac and his wife, Carol, live in upstate New York, in the same house where he was raised by his grandparents. You can visit him online at www.josephbruchac.com. Sally Wern Comport has been making pictures professionally since the age of sixteen. Her images have been seen in the editorial, advertising, and publishing markets worldwide, and her work includes the picture book Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure, by Robert D. San Souci. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her studio partner -- husband and their two daughters, Taylor and Olivia, and she recently completed her graduate education at Syracuse University to further her passion for the art of illustration. The Return of Skeleton Man By Joseph Bruchac HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2008 Joseph Bruchac All right reserved. ISBN: 9780060580926 Chapter One Arriving "Look up there, Molly. That's Sky Top Tower." I shift my gaze up, way up. There, far in the distance, at the top of a huge cliff, is a tall stone tower. I can hardly believe it. Here we are, on a late-autumn day, speeding along the New York State Thruway in the midst of a twenty-first-century seventy-mile-per-hour stream of traffic, dodging Winnebagos (the trucks, not the Indians) and people more interested in their cell phone conversations than in staying in their own lane, and I'm staring at something that looks like it belongs in a Dracula movie. "Wow," I gasp. Then, just to show my parents how articulate I am, I say it again. "Wow!" But I'm not the only one awed by the sight. "Is that really where we're going?" my mom asks in a tone that indicates she hopes the answer is yes. In the rearview mirror I can see the big grin that spreads over my father's face. He'd always loved to surprise us in the past, but over the last year or so, he's been avoiding springing things on Mom and me unexpectedly, which is understandable considering the recent events we barely survived. I haven't seen that wide a smile on his face for months. It makes me so happy that I wiggle in my seat like a puppy. "Uh-huh," Dad says in that slow, confident voice of his. "That's where the conference is taking place." He carefully checks his mirrors and puts on his blinker to move into the exit lane for New Paltz. "Well, not exactly in that tower. There's a huge old Victorian hotel on that mountaintop, just below the tower, with 251 rooms." "Cool," I say. Dad nods. "Way cool, indeed, Molly girl. It's called the Mohonk Mountain House, and when you are up there you feel like there's no place else in the world. Totally isolated in the middle of a vast forest preserve." "Mohonk?" my mother asks. "Isn't that where they had the Friends of the Indian conferences back in the 1880s, honey?" I lean back to listen. It's going to be one of those discussions between my mom and dad