3,5/5. A bit too long for this kind of story. Nonetheless a good concept, bringing short stories into a story, bringing the horror genre to middle-grade reader, mixing style between the Arabian nights and Hansel and Gretel and also provide a good incitations to writing. The horror stories were for me no so original, being an horror fan for almost two decades, but I would be curious to have some feedback for younger reader about it. I would have edited it a bit better, maybe 50 pages shorter and it wold have been great, without it, still a good story.