House on Cherry Street Series by Rodman Philbrick, Lynn Harnett

Young Jason, his little sister and his parents plan to spend the summer in the perfect seaside vacation home--except that in this house, children are not welcome. From the first blast of icy air in the driveway to windows that slam shut like guillotines to the lurking pale figure of a child, it is a place with a harrowing history--yet only the children experience its evil.

Terror is still watching from inside the haunted house on Cherry Street, in this second installment of the sizzling summer horror trilogy. A howlingly evil welcome awaits the poor baby-sitter taking care of Jason and Sally when their parents leave town. For the only thing the house hates worse than kids is baby-sitters!

The thrilling conclusion reveals that the child-hating evil haunting the house on Cherry Street is not just ghostly. Down in the basement of the house a nightmarish secret is alive.