Scarecrow Author:Richie Tankersley Cusick The victim of a car accident in the Ozark hills, Pamela Westbrook awoke to find herself in the care of the Whittakers, a quaint, hard-working family whose farm was miles from the nearest neighbor. Temporarily stranded, haunted still by a tragic loss, she found a measure of peace in the quiet golden hills and the Whittakers' gentle customs. But s... more »oon she will discover the eerie rituals and dark traditions that lie beneath their old-fashioned ways. Soon she will learn the truth about their young daughter Girlie, a child possessed of uncanny, frightening gifts. She will encounter the guardians of the hills - the scarecrows who yield a sinister, unnatural power. And she will be trapped in a nightmare of mysterious deaths, an all-consuming horror from which there is no escape... not even in madness.« less