Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A ghost story based on a real case
Trapped in Room 217
Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A ghost story based on a real case
What you need to know before your trail
Jayla Walters isn’t sure what to expect when her father’s job uproots her and her brother, Dion, to Estes Park, Colorado. But right away, something doesn’t seem right with their hotel. Jayla soon discovers that their home for the week, Room 217 of the Stanley Hotel, is the most haunted place in all of Colorado. Barely asleep the first night, Jayla watches a ghostly woman walk toward her bed. And the ghost visits her room every night. What does the ghost want? And what happens when Jayla and Dion get in her way? Every state has its own spine-tingling stories of ghosts and mysterious hauntings grounded in its regional history. The Haunted States of America series uses real-life ghost lore as jumping off points to new, chilling tales. But beware: sometimes real life is stranger than fiction.
Locations
Reset- America/USA - Colorado
- A: The Stanley Hotel
- B: Castle Mountain
- C: Estes Park Tourism Centre
Travel Guide
Stanley Hotel, Colorado
The book centres on a family of a father, daughter and son who come to stay in The Stanley Hotel in Colorado. In room 217.
This is an actual haunted hotel and is famous or infamous depending on your point of view for many paranormal teams and ghost seekers who come to stay. Room 217 is said to be the most haunted room of them all.
How many ghosts are residing here.The author indirectly credits Stephen King as in the story, the tour guide mentions a horror book that was inspired by an author’s stay at the hotel. This was actually Stephen King who was inspired to write The Shining after staying at the Stanley!
Streetview Maps
A) Colorado - The Stanley Hotel
A) Colorado - The Stanley Hotel
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
When you find out that this is a real hotel and a real haunted room and was so spooky that even Stephen King was inspired to write his classic The Shining, you just know this is going to be spooky.
I am fascinated with things like this but tend not to read them as I have such an active imagination that I can dream about things for weeks. But it’s for middle grade I thought so isn’t going to be that bad is it?
Well, it is spooky and chilling and I can only say that middle grade kids today are less nervous that I was or my friends were! It’s a fascinating story and nicely told through fictional characters who come to stay.
It’s theactual hotel in the Shining though so if you’ve seen that and then read this….
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Trapped in Room 217
Destination : Estes Park, Colorado Author/Guide: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Departure Time:2000s
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