Atmospheric and yes, challenging, The Visitors is ultimately a story of hope and redemption.” - Chapter 16 “Despite the challenging subject matter, this is a hopeful and affirming book with a sympathetic, relatable main character. And with a malevolent spirit lurking in the shadows and painful memories buried deep, and for good reason, the boy wonders if he’ll ever find his way home or be stuck at Hollow Pines forever. He wonders if maybe they could help him uncover the dark secrets of his past in hopes of finding a way to finally move on.īut Hollow Pines doesn’t like visitors.
These visitors are around his age, and they seem to understand more than others that the plantation is not just spooky or eerie, it’s a sad place where the unspeakable happened again and again.Īs the visitors investigate a mystery of their own for a podcast for a school project, the boy’s long-buried memories begin to shake loose.
Things never change much for the lost souls at Hollow Pines and time is strange when you’re dead.īut when visitors from the living world arrive for the first time in a long while, the boy feels a spark of hope. From the author of The Whispers comes a heartrending tale of friendship, hard-won truths, and the healing power of forgiveness.Ī lonely twelve-year-old boy spends his days “stuck” at the deserted Hollow Pines Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina with no recollection of his name, how long he’s been there, and no idea how to leave.
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