The Last Resort

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Lila won’t go to her grandfather’s funeral. She needs to stay home and work on being less dramatic so she doesn’t lose her best friends. Overruled, the family heads out to Ohio. She takes off her seatbelt to grab something, and suddenly the car swerves and she bumps her head. It was so scary! All she wants to do is tell her friends, but they call her dramatic, so she gives up. When she arrives at the house, she sees things that others don’t. The almost accident must have opened her up to the other side because she finally meets Grandpa, who claims he was murdered! With the help of a local boy, Lila and Teddy ask questions, go up forbidden stairs, and try to discover what is going on in their small town.

Going to Grandpa’s was the best thing that could happen to Lila, as she learns what makes a friend and how to be a family. She’s dramatic, but she’s also imaginative and caring, a great message to kids who feel they have to be a certain way. The bonus QR code content with talking ghosts and a puzzle to solve puts the fright in this supernatural mystery.


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Author Erin Entrada Kelly
Star Count 4/5
Format Hard
Page Count 240 pages
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
Publish Date 02-Sep-2025
ISBN 9781546132431
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Issue January 2026
Category Tweens
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