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** [[spoiler:He deserved it in the end, but the scene where Jade Green strangles Charles is still rather scary. Thankfully, it is revealed that she was not planning to harm any of the residents and that she was simply trying to protect Judith the whole time, and as soon as her job is done, she returns to the afterlife.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: The book generally appears on YA book lists nowadays, but for a while in the early 2000s, teachers often recommended it to middle school girls due to its short length and the author's other books (notably, Shiloh). The plot centers around the ghost of a teenage girl whose 40-year-old adopted brother raped her, cut her hand off with the cleaver she was trying to use in self-defense, and left her to bleed out on the attic stairs. The book is set three years later and there's no graphic flashback, but still not exactly PG fare.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: The book generally appears on YA book lists nowadays, but for a while in the early 2000s, teachers often recommended it to middle school girls due to its short length and the author's other books (notably, Shiloh). The plot centers around the ghost of a teenage girl whose 40-year-old adopted brother raped her, cut her hand off with the cleaver she was trying to use in self-defense, and left her to bleed out on the attic stairs. The book is set three years later and there's no graphic flashback, but still not exactly PG fare.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Charles]], [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is revealed to be a DirtyOldMan early on, but is far worse. After Jade Green rejected his advances towards her, he chopped off her hand when she tried to defend herself, resulting in her bleeding to death. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he decides to murder her as well, though not before [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] her. He also set the cellar of those who offered him shelter [[UngratefulBastard on fire]] to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad [[spoiler:[[BigBad Charles]], [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is revealed to be a DirtyOldMan early on, but is far worse. After Jade Green rejected his advances towards her, he chopped off her hand when she tried to defend herself, resulting in her bleeding to death. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he decides to murder her as well, though not before [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] her. He also set the cellar of those who offered him shelter [[UngratefulBastard on fire]] to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Charles]], [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting for years. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Charles]], [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...early on, but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. far worse. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) Jade Green rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop chopped off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting for years. resulting in her bleeding to death. After Judith likewise rejects him his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans decides to murder her as well, though not before raping [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] her. He also set the kitchen cellar of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) [[UngratefulBastard on fire fire]] to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting for years. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[spoiler: Charles]], [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting for years. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting long after the incident. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting long after the incident.for years. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself.herself, an act which would traumatize Ms. Hasting long after the incident. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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** For starters, the scratching noises inside Judith's wardrobe. She initially dismisses them as mice...but as it turned out, they are not.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Charles crosses the line when he murders Jade Green, then chops off her hand when she tries to defend herself. And judging from the fact that Mrs. Hasting was led to believe that she bled to death, it was gruesome.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Charles crosses the line when he murders Jade Green, then chops off her hand when she tries to defend herself. And judging from the fact that Mrs. Hasting was led to believe that she bled to death, it was gruesome.]]
* NightmareFuel: It's a ghost story, so naturally this is a given...though there is more to the story than simply a ghost haunting.
** Of course, we have Jade Green haunting the house as a severed hand...simply because Judith brought one thing to the house that was green.
** Charles himself manages to be more horrifying than any severed hand, however. He attempts to sexually harass Judith through her own sleeve, and continues to stalk Judith as she gradually falls in love with Zeke.
** [[spoiler:Then we find out that he was the one who killed Jade Green, and that he had chopped off her hand when she tried to defend herself. The worst part? He plans to rape and kill Judith, simply because she would not give him a kiss. Charles is a teenage girl's worst nightmare come true.]]
** [[spoiler:He deserved it in the end, but Jade Green strangling Charles is rather scary. Thankfully, it is revealed that she was trying to protect Judith the whole time, and as soon as her job is done, she returns to the afterlife.]]
* NightmareFuel: It's a ghost story, so naturally this is a given...though there is more to the story than simply a ghost haunting.
** Of course, we have Jade Green haunting the house as a severed hand...simply because Judith brought one thing to the house that was green.
** Charles himself manages to be more horrifying than any severed hand, however. He attempts to sexually harass Judith through her own sleeve, and continues to stalk Judith as she gradually falls in love with Zeke.
** [[spoiler:Then we find out that he was the one who killed Jade Green, and that he had chopped off her hand when she tried to defend herself. The worst part? He plans to rape and kill Judith, simply because she would not give him a kiss. Charles is a teenage girl's worst nightmare come true.]]
** [[spoiler:He deserved it in the end, but Jade Green strangling Charles is rather scary. Thankfully, it is revealed that she was trying to protect Judith the whole time, and as soon as her job is done, she returns to the afterlife.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.away.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Charles crosses the line when he murders Jade Green, then chops off her hand when she tries to defend herself. And judging from the fact that Mrs. Hasting was led to believe that she bled to death, it was gruesome.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects his advances him in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages advances in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he decides plans to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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* CompleteMonster: Charles, [[TheHero Judith's]] creepy forty-year-old cousin, is rapidly revealed to be a DirtyOldMan even before it becomes apparent that he is the [[BigBad villain]]...but as it is gradually revealed, he crossed the MoralEventHorizon three years before the book even began. After the TitleCharacter (as well as the ghost that is haunting the household of the book) rejected his advances towards her, he proceeded to murder her and chop off her hand when she tried to defend herself. After Judith likewise rejects his advantages in favor of the miller's son Zeke, he decides to murder her as well, though not before raping her. He also set the cellar kitchen of those who offered him shelter (as he is unemployed and an alcoholic) on fire to collect the money in Uncle Geoffrey's will after he planned to give a percentage of his money to Judith once he passed away.
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