Hidden Pictures

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Wow...this book is even more of a mess than I anticipated. It's filled with conservative dog whistles, thinly veiled references to anti-trans rhetoric about trans kids, more than one positive reference to Harry Potter and JK Rowling (those two things together in a book released in 2022 alone tells me a lot about the intentions of the author). Plus fatphobia, racist stereotypes, and a whole lot of pointed jabs at leftists and atheists. Mallory Quinn is a 21-year-old recovering drug addict. She gets hired to spend the summer nannying for a five-year old named Teddy. Things are great, at first, but they take a turn when Teddy starts drawing violent pictures that all seem to involve a man dragging a woman through a forest. Mallory begins to believe that Teddy is being influenced by a supernatural presence tied to something that happened on the property generations ago. And this being is a novel she might be right, and the race is on for her to figure out what’s happening before it’s too late. Highlights Hidden Pictures has a ton of free hidden pictures for kids available. Note that these hidden pictures can only be completed online, there's no way to print them.

After a personal injury, Mallory unfortunately plummeted down a hole many Americans before her have suffered through; opioid addiction.Hidden Picture Puzzles by Liz has a handful of free printable hidden picture puzzles. A lot is going on in these hidden pictures, and I think the older kids would have a blast with them. regardless, this is an entertaining ghostly tale and a solid winner of the horror category in the goodreads popularity contest this year. For a splash of color, there is a Mexican family, and naturally, they're landscapers. The odd occasional textbook Spanish they use, let's you know the author may not know any Mexicans in real life. He often draws himself, Mallory, and his family accompanied by an unseen imaginary friend. His imaginary friend appears in the creepiest way possible, and the childish way it is drawn in makes it more sinister to me. It appears the imaginary friend, Anya, is trying to warn Teddy about something that happened at the house in the past: her murder. How a child could normalize this, a haunting by a vengeful spirit, is beyond me.

Here are some of the things I hated about this book/ lingering questions I have (spoilers included because people should understand how truly awful this was):Additionally, Mallory feels like Teddy's imaginary friend, Anya, may be the missing woman in question and she clearly is trying to communicate with them. Mallory Quinn is in her early-20s and at a time when many of her peers are charging through the college experience, Mallory is just over a year into her new found sobriety.