In The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall I felt the plot was somewhat similar to the plot of Deep, Dark, and Dangerous, being the main characters trying to solve a mystery to lay a malicious spirit to rest. My favorite character was Florence's great uncle because he seemed to keep the peace in the old ma...
=-`spoil alert=`- I choose this book because the main character was Florence in the beginning of the story Florence was in a orphanage she was in a orphanage because her mom past away when she got her and her dad died about 2 or 3 months latter when his wife died and that was the time when...
Book: The Ghost of Crutchfield HallFlorence has just been adopted by her great uncle. Her aunt dislikes her, but her uncle although is very nice. Her uncle has a mansion that looks like a perfect Halloween decoration that haunts the mansion. Florence also had a cousin sister Sophia, who used to l...
The reason I chose this book was because I had nothing else to read. I thought that the book would be really interesting because if you look at the cover it seems interesting.Logan is a kid that just moved into town and was told a mysterious story about the house he lives in. Rumors were said tha...
On a cold, snowy night, Haswell Magruder makes a decision that will have a profound effect on his own life as well as the lives of all those he loves. A wounded Confederate soldier appears at the family’s Virginia farm, and Haswell convinces his mother and sister to take the man in, despite the c...
I've always associated Mary Downing Hahn almost exclusively with the memorable scary stories that she has written, including the Caudill-Award-winning Time for Andrew. This book has definitely added dimension to my perception of the author. What makes Daphne's Book so effective for what it is—a...
More reviews at http://readerpants.blogspot.com.READALIKES: "The Highwayman" (poem by Alfred Noyes); The Old Willis Place and many others by Mary Downing Hahn; anything by Lois Duncan (my personal favorite is Ransom)RATING BREAKDOWN: Overall: 4/5 Creativity: 4/5 Characters: 4/5 Engrossing: 4/5 Wr...
Read more reviews at: www.litlaughlearn.comThis is another ghost story by Hahn. You may remember the Caudill winner All The Lovely Bad Ones by the same author. This eerie story takes place on the grounds of an old Victorian mansion. Georgie and Diana are brother and sister. They live in a cave on...
Oh some days don't you wish were twelve again? Well, probably you don't, at least if you were like me. I was awkward and chubby and had all sorts of acne. Puberty is a biotch! BUT...I remember my love for little gems such as Wait Till Helen Comes. Don't you love ghost stories? I love a ghost stor...
Yes, this is about a girl named Tallahassee. (I knew very well what "Tallahassee" was, considering I'd recently moved to Florida when I read this and that was the capital of my new state.) Poor Tallahassee kind of has an abusive mom, but not in the more obvious way. Her mom has been stringing ...
This book was really scary! When I got it out of the library I thought that it would be about a old lady who thinks she's a witch what a surprise I was in for I got so scared I shut the book and took a minute to recover. I gave this book five stars because it was so scary! Now lets tell you what ...
Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one who’s been torn out of the picture? Ali figures she’ll find out while she’s vacationing in Maine with...
When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, 12-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and ...
Eliza Yates hates her life. Her father left for Colorado years ago to try and make his fortune. Then her mother dies, leaving her with her aunt and uncle who don't treat her very well. So one night she decides to leave. She takes her money that her aunt has been hiding from her and heads for Colo...
I found this while looking around on my library's digital download site, and I realized that I had read this book before when I was a kid, then almost completely forgot about it. I decided to read it again to refresh my memory of how it ended.Miss Cooper has to be one of the most crotchety elderl...
Although Anna All Year Round, based on the childhood of author Mary Downing Hahn's own mother, is rather episodic (with not much of a plot and little narrative tension and excitement), the short, descriptive vignettes of early 20th century childhood (in Baltimore, Maryland) are pure delight; they...
For a girl that lives in the city, a summer vacation is the perfect thing to get out of the dead heat. Anna cannot imagine going to the beach or to the mountains like her friends because her family can simply not afford it. When she begs her parents to go on a vacation, they give the chance to sp...
The book, Time for Andrew is about Drew not wanting to go to a camp and since his parents are going on vacation he is going to have to stay at aunt Blythes house. When he gets there he is very creeped out and regrets not going to the other camp because it looks so spooky. Aunt Blythe is so excite...
This had some of the elements of my favorite type stories- adventure in a foreign country. Written in the first person and narrated by 12 year-old Felix (Felicia), she is in Spain accompanying her mother on her honeymoon. Don, the new husband is okay but with him came a stepsister, 12 year-old Am...
Did you ever as a child like to go exploring and camping with your best friend? As a kid everyone did but the two best friends, Matt and Parker in the book called "The Dead Man in Indian Creek," stopped going because they were afraid. Afraid of getting murdered. Dun, Dun, Dun! Ok, So my overall o...
CLANCY LOOKS UP from the pot she’s stirring and frowns. “Well, look what the cat dragged in. I thought I told you not to be gone long.” I slide into my seat and watch her ladle pasta and sauce on my plate. “Marinara,” she says. “No meat.” I watch steam curl up from the pasta. It’s way too hot for...
I was trying to do everything properly, which meant I had to watch the others and copy what they did. Bow my head for grace, use the right utensil for the right thing, pass food promptly, keep my left hand in my lap, chew with my mouth shut. While we were eating, Mrs. Tyler told her husband about...
Our parents agreed with me. This was an old, old farm, and no one had lived in the house for a long time. It was exactly the sort of place that inspired people to make up stories. “It must be a country version of an urban legend,” Dad said. “Like the man with the—” Mom stopped him with a sharp lo...
The refrigerator door opened and shut. Soon she was staring at me from the doorway. A purple Popsicle dripped down her arm and stained her mouth. "You can't make Sissy go away," Emma said. "She'll be my friend forever, no matter what." Her face was closed off and hostile. Grumpy and out of sorts ...
The sun never shone through the little window, but sometimes the light was gray and I knew it was daytime. Other times it was black and I knew it was night. But mostly day and night ran together in a blur of fever dreams.Athena came and went, bringing me food and her swamp water concoctions. Slow...
It boasted a new church, a schoolhouse, a handsome bank, a goodly number of business establishments, and a fine selection of homes, some more respectable than others. The wood sidewalks were crowded with folks going about their Saturday shopping, and the streets were full of horses and wagons. Ca...
"Maybe she buried the book in the grove before she hanged herself." I imagined Corey and me digging one hole after another, fighting roots and rocks with our shovels, sweating in the heat, bitten by gnats and mosquitoes—not a pretty picture. "What makes you think so?" Corey asked. "Well, she woul...
Or actually they talk. I just nod my head when it's appropriate. Never drink, they tell me, their words running together. Never ride in a car with someone who's been drinking, don't you know how many kids die in car crashes because they were drinking? Stay away from the reservoir, it's lonely and...