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Thomas Y. Nelson (1966), Edition: First Edition, 84 pages
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A professor with a reputation for being unafraid of ghosts moves with his family into a house that is supposed to be haunted but his children find the neighbors more mysterious than the house.
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LibraryThing member cltnae
I wanted to read this story because I love mysteries. I read this book thinking that the family would find a ghost in the house, but I liked how the "Ghost" was acctually the little boy who sat out by the road everyday. I thought it was a cute story about building trust and friendship.
LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
There's somebody spying on us, Lorna said. Where? asked her brother Jamie. Behind that tree. The children stood looking at the tree. Ver slowly someone peeped out - someone all in white. Could this be a ghost of Windy Hill?
LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
A professor and his family are asked to temporarily vacate their rooms in Boston in favor of a residence in a small country town. The reason behind this is that the country home's owner wants to prove to his wife that there is no ghost on the property, and the professor has a reputation of scaring
I recall this book from childhood, although I was a bit murky on the details. This book is my kind of horror, in that it's really more a mystery with a touch of eerie elements. Reading it again as an adult, the writing style is rather bland; however, the simple, declarative sentences, short chapters, and occasional black-and-white illustrations should make this book a good bridge between early readers and chapter books.
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away ghosts. While staying at the farm over the course of a summer, the professor's two children encounter interesting people who inhabit the countryside and find some unexplained happenings.I recall this book from childhood, although I was a bit murky on the details. This book is my kind of horror, in that it's really more a mystery with a touch of eerie elements. Reading it again as an adult, the writing style is rather bland; however, the simple, declarative sentences, short chapters, and occasional black-and-white illustrations should make this book a good bridge between early readers and chapter books.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
This is a book I believe I have owned since a small child but have never bothered to read for nearly fifty years.
A simple bit of children's literature fluff about a skeptical professor taking his family to the country to prove a farm manor is not haunted. Some mildly mysterious hijinks ensue, but
I'm amused by the major role the wives play in causing everything to happen the way they want it to happen while barely getting to appear in the story at all. The husbands get to sit around talking all the time but are shown to really accomplish nothing. I'm convinced the women had the whole mystery worked out in the first chapter with a couple of unstated glances and nods.
A simple bit of children's literature fluff about a skeptical professor taking his family to the country to prove a farm manor is not haunted. Some mildly mysterious hijinks ensue, but
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all turns out well in the end.I'm amused by the major role the wives play in causing everything to happen the way they want it to happen while barely getting to appear in the story at all. The husbands get to sit around talking all the time but are shown to really accomplish nothing. I'm convinced the women had the whole mystery worked out in the first chapter with a couple of unstated glances and nods.
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Original publication date
1968
Physical description
84 p.; 8 inches