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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Haunted Library Card

The Haunted Library Card

Ahmed, Aqeel

Paperback

Holiday

ISBN10: 1834230772
ISBN13: 9781834230771
Publisher: 978-1-83423-077-1
Published: Aug 28 2025
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Haunted Library Card
Short Summary - The Haunted Library Card

On Maple Street stands a library with two doors: a bright glass door that welcomes bustle and a quiet wooden door that shuts with a friendly thump, promising to keep secrets safe. Inside, the air smells of dust, pencil shavings, and bake-sale chocolate that mysteriously appears beside the best chapters. Shelves wear neat labels, paper bats ride invisible breezes, and Mr. Page-the calm keeper of keys-watches from a well-worn desk that has stamped countless books and steadied countless hearts.

Each Halloween at midnight, a silk-black library card wakes up. Silver numbers glimmer along their edge as they check out books by themselves with a soft beep. The volumes it chooses hold more than print: each shelters a gentle spirit paused mid-story-a sea captain who must return a compass, a gardener with one last seed, a writer with an apology to deliver, a violinist with two notes unsung, a lighthouse keeper missing a lens, a baker seeking an honest measure, a scientist correcting a smeared observation, a librarian guarding memory, and a storyteller widening the circle.

This is the story of Ila-quiet, steady, listening-and classmates Mateo, Lin, Zahra, Devon, and soon, Rafi, who orbits the room until invited in. Together they follow the card's clues like sailors reading stars. They solve riddles, trace Dewey's numbers like footprints, and practice whisper-manners: excuse me, after you, I'm sorry, and you belong. They learn that true north can be a choice as well as a direction; that moving one chair can expand a circle; and that courage is not louder than fear-only steadier.

The haunted card does not frighten; it keeps promises honest and finds hands eager to finish them. With each completed chapter, a lantern's worth of kindness shines out. The library answers in small, magical ways-windows settling, floorboards humming, paper decorations turning toward the next good thing. Mr. Page guides with stamps and smiles, while his great-aunt Etta returns to share a tradition: by dawn on Halloween, everything borrowed goes home, including the missing pieces of ourselves.

Open these pages like a kindly held door. Bring a soft voice, attentive ears, and a pocket for clues. Return what you borrow, include whoever hovers, and carry two notes of courage. The library will teach the rest.

Three Good Reason to read this Story The Haunted Library Card.

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