edge off the scary parts, as in Eoin Colfer ’s Artemis Fowl (Viking, 2001) books, Suzanne Collins ’ Gregor the Overlander (Scholastic, 2004) series, and The Witches by Roald Dahl (Cape, 1983)(amusing book, but those witches are fearsome). There’s a fine line between ‘goosebump’ and horrific. My editor Krista Marino discouraged me