There are some creepy moments, though the worst to me were the ones when Ben was threatened by people more so than any of the supernatural elements. I thought the story had a slow start, but many do, and around the 100th page it picked up and escalated steadily from there. Young Ben has this and more on his mind as he struggles with his own identity, tension between himself and his Oma Katrina, whispers about his witchcraft and unnatural ways which have begun to spread among the citizens of Sleepy Hollow, and a voice which seems to call to him from deep in the haunted words beyond the family farm, a voice accompanied by the unmistakable sound of hoof beats. Is it the Horseman returned after all these years? Is it the Kludde, a monster from Dutch folklore that can change its form and lure people to their death? Is it someone from the village, someone they know and trust? More deaths and other strange occurrences follow, and Ben can’t seem to stay out of the middle of it all. Things in Sleepy Hollow are suddenly not so sleepy, when a teenage boy is found dead in the woods, his head and hands missing. ‘Horseman’ is a story which centers around fourteen year old Ben Van Brunt, the grandchild of Abraham Van Brunt (Brom Bones) and Katrina Van Tassel. I’m a sucker for any story based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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