HauntedCastleonHallowsEve(MagicTreeHouse
#30)
MaryPopeOsborne
ForWill,thereal
magicianin
theheartoftheoak
DearReader,
HauntedCastleonHallowsEveisthesecondina
specialgroupofMagicTreeHousebookscalled
TheMerlinMissions.Inthesebooks,itisMerlinthe
magicianwhosendsJack
andAnnieon
theirtreehouseadventures,often
to
mythicalandlegendarylands.
InthefirstMerlinMission,
ChristmasinCamelot,
JackandAnniejourneyedinto
aworldofmagicandfantasytofindasecret
cauldron
thatheldtheWaterofMemory
andImagination.
Now,
nearlya
yearlater,Jack
andAnnie
areabouttoset
outona
newMerlinMission.They
inviteyouto
comewiththem
toanoutlying
realmofCamelotwherestrangeandeeriethings
are
happeningat
adukescastle.
Enjoyyourjourney!But
beware-intheworldofMerlinthe
magician,
anything
can
happen
MARYPOPEOSBORNE
Thehearthiscoldinthelonelyhall,Nobanquet
deckstheboard;
Nopagestandsreadyatthecall,
Totendhisweariedlord.
FromEarlDesmondandtheBanshee-
Anonymous
9
CHAPTERONE
AllHallowsEve
MaybeIshouldbeavampireinsteadofaprincess,
saidAnnie.
SheandJackweresittingontheirfrontporch.A
coolbreezerustledthetrees.Autumnleavestwirled
totheground.
Butyoualreadyhaveyourprincesscostume,said
Iknow,butIwanttowearmybigteethagain,
saidAnnie.
Sowearyourbigteethandbeavampire-
1
10
princess,saidJack.Hestoodup.Imgoingtogo
putonmyghoulmakeupnow.
KRAW!
Oh,man!saidJack.
Thebirdstruttedthroughthefallenleaves.Its
Wow,isthatacrow?askedAnnie.
Itstoobigforacrow,saidJack.Ithinkitmight
bearaven.
Araven?