A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound by John Irving

A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound by John Irving is a horror story about Tom and Tim, brothers who are awakened in the middle of the night by a strange sound. Their father assures them that it is just a mouse crawling around inside the walls. Tim, who is only two, doesn't know what a mouse is and continues to believe there is a monster in the walls long after Tom goes back to sleep.

I have read several of John Irving's novels written for adults, and really enjoyed them. This book was given to us as a gift, and our whole family enjoys it. The idea that poor Tim is lying in bed terrified of something he doesn't understand makes this book one of the scariest stories I've ever read!