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Summary: An Enchanting Tale
Review: Blossom Culp's mother was born with a caul over her face, meaning she has the second sight. She sees a pink halo over Alexander Armsworth's barn and confides in her daughter that Alexander has the ability to help the spirit trapped there.Blossom was known was making up stories, still out of curiosity, Alexander explores the barn and finds a hurt little dog. That night he sees candlelight in the barn. The dog turns up missing the next day. Convinced that Blossom is playing a trick on him, he drags the frightened protesting young girl up to the loft with him and sees the first signs of the ghost wet footprints. Inez Dumaine's wealthy New Orleans family put her on a steamboat and sent her north on the eve of the Civil War. The steamboat had an accident and Inez drown. Afterward, her body was robbed of her family's wealth, which had been sewn into her dress. Her fervent wish is to be buried properly with her family. Peck's characters are vivid, the kind the reader cares about from the first chapter onward. His combination of humor and suspense really propel the story forward. An excellent story!
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Summary: An Enchanting Tale
Review: Blossom Culp�s mother was born with a caul over her face, meaning she has the second sight. She sees a pink halo over Alexander Armsworth�s barn and confides in her daughter that Alexander has the ability to help the spirit trapped there. Blossom was known was making up stories, still out of curiosity, Alexander explores the barn and finds a hurt little dog. That night he sees candlelight in the barn. The dog turns up missing the next day. Convinced that Blossom is playing a trick on him, he drags the frightened protesting young girl up to the loft with him and sees the first signs of the ghost wet footprints. Inez Dumaine�s wealthy New Orleans family put her on a steamboat and sent her north on the eve of the Civil War. The steamboat had an accident and Inez drown. Afterward, her body was robbed of her family�s wealth, which had been sewn into her dress. Her fervent wish is to be buried properly with her family. Peck�s characters are vivid, the kind the reader cares about from the first chapter onward. His combination of humor and suspense really propel the story forward. An excellent story!
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Summary: Very Good Book!
Review: First of the Blossom Culp series; it is very good, but *DO* go on to get/read the rest of the series ("Ghosts I Have Been", "The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp", and "Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death") -- I especially recommend "Ghosts I Have Been".
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Summary: A spooky yet very cool book
Review: I found this book very interesting and the characters vivid and one's I'd like to read more about. It has a very good plot with some interesting twists turns and many pieces to the puzzle. I have just finished it and I am already going to go after the rest of the Blossom Culp series. I highly recommend this book to almost anybody.
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Summary: This book is good
Review: I have read the first chapter. It is about a boy named Alexander and he thinks there is something in his barn. He is to scared to go see what it is in the barn. so he tells his friend to go see. That is all i know about my book.
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Summary: Creepy and Intelligent
Review: I LOVED this story, it stuck with me all these years! I also have the movie by Disney called 'The Child Of Glass'. I'm saving this book for my daughter. She already LOVES the movie,and begs me play it over and over. A must-read for young and old alike!
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Summary: I STILL have this movie,too!
Review: I LOVED this story, it stuck with me all these years! I also have the movie by Disney called 'The Child Of Glass'. I'm saving this book for my daughter. She already LOVES the movie,and begs me play it over and over. A must-read for young and old alike!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone. Fun and absorbing, this is a winner.
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Summary: Skilfully written
Review: I'm twenty-three years old, so not necessarily the typical age to read this book, which is aimed at a younger readership. Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed this story, whose main draw are its vivid characters with their different idiosyncrasies, especially the underappreciated Blossom and the sweetly naive Alexander. Peck starts off by writing a summary of the story in the first chapter, which helps a lot in keeping the reader interested during the somewhat lengthy (but necessary) opening part which introduces the main characters. Ably and wittily Peck illustrates the contrasting mannerisms of Alexander's family, and his keen sense of observation makes this unlikely group seem all the likelier. Since the title contains the word "ghost", one expects magic in this story; the magic to me is the nostalgic wholeness of a world in which despite quarrels and fights a family stays together, and where quite obviously a protecting hand brings and holds things and people together. At odds with my experience of my world, this book creates a yearning for a better place inside of me, a place where modesty, honesty and trust receive the honor and reward they deserve.
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Summary: Skilfully written
Review: I'm twenty-three years old, so not necessarily the typical age to read this book, which is aimed at a younger readership. Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed this story, whose main draw are its vivid characters with their different idiosyncrasies, especially the underappreciated Blossom and the sweetly naive Alexander. Peck starts off by writing a summary of the story in the first chapter, which helps a lot in keeping the reader interested during the somewhat lengthy (but necessary) opening part which introduces the main characters. Ably and wittily Peck illustrates the contrasting mannerisms of Alexander's family, and his keen sense of observation makes this unlikely group seem all the likelier. Since the title contains the word "ghost", one expects magic in this story; the magic to me is the nostalgic wholeness of a world in which despite quarrels and fights a family stays together, and where quite obviously a protecting hand brings and holds things and people together. At odds with my experience of my world, this book creates a yearning for a better place inside of me, a place where modesty, honesty and trust receive the honor and reward they deserve.
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