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Summary: The Doll in The Garden
Review: Ten-year-old Ashley, the main character, followed a beautiful white cat, which reminded her of her own cat, into Mrs. Coopers enchanted garden. Ashley had been warned many times to stay out of that garden, but still she was curious. Ashley had many plan to make the pond look better with the help of her friend Kristi. While Ashley is pulling her weeds and clearing the empty pond she comes across a box. What was in it? A doll buried in the dirt. Ashley also comes upon many different mysteries. Who is the little girl with the long golden curls that awaits her companion, Carrie, to come? Whose voice cries out at night? And why doesn't the white cat have a shadow beneath the moonlight?
I enjoyed reading this book because I simply enjoy ghost stories, and this book is a great example of a ghost story. This book has many misteries and thrills every time. "Kristi crept closer, and when I finally got it open she screamed at the sight of its contents. It's a dead girl! She cried." It is these kinds of events that keep you at the end of your seat! I loved how the author put all the right thrills in the right places.
I relished reading this book because it was interesting reading about the many ways Ashley used to solve the mystery and how she was determined to find out! I loved how the author, Mary Downing Hahn, wrote in descriptive detail and added interesting dialogue to the story. I enjoyed reading about the many characters like Mrs. Cooper, the wicked landlord, Kristi, Ashley's friend, and all the other character in the story.
My favorite part in the book would have to be when Ashley had the courage to talk back to Mrs. Cooper. Ashley finally showed Mrs. Cooper that she could also be fierce. "How could you be so mean? I asked Louisa was an Orphan, and she was sick." Mrs. Cooper finally expressed herself and told Ashley why she had to do the mean things. From then on Mrs. Cooper seemed different! She had agreed to go with Ashley to see Louisa and give Anna Maria to Louisa. This is why I liked reading this book.
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Summary: The Doll in The Garden
Review: Ten-year-old Ashley, the main character, followed a beautiful white cat, which reminded her of her own cat, into Mrs. Coopers enchanted garden. Ashley had been warned many times to stay out of that garden, but still she was curious. Ashley had many plan to make the pond look better with the help of her friend Kristi. While Ashley is pulling her weeds and clearing the empty pond she comes across a box. What was in it? A doll buried in the dirt. Ashley also comes upon many different mysteries. Who is the little girl with the long golden curls that awaits her companion, Carrie, to come? Whose voice cries out at night? And why doesn't the white cat have a shadow beneath the moonlight?
I enjoyed reading this book because I simply enjoy ghost stories, and this book is a great example of a ghost story. This book has many misteries and thrills every time. "Kristi crept closer, and when I finally got it open she screamed at the sight of its contents. It's a dead girl! She cried." It is these kinds of events that keep you at the end of your seat! I loved how the author put all the right thrills in the right places.
I relished reading this book because it was interesting reading about the many ways Ashley used to solve the mystery and how she was determined to find out! I loved how the author, Mary Downing Hahn, wrote in descriptive detail and added interesting dialogue to the story. I enjoyed reading about the many characters like Mrs. Cooper, the wicked landlord, Kristi, Ashley's friend, and all the other character in the story.
My favorite part in the book would have to be when Ashley had the courage to talk back to Mrs. Cooper. Ashley finally showed Mrs. Cooper that she could also be fierce. "How could you be so mean? I asked Louisa was an Orphan, and she was sick." Mrs. Cooper finally expressed herself and told Ashley why she had to do the mean things. From then on Mrs. Cooper seemed different! She had agreed to go with Ashley to see Louisa and give Anna Maria to Louisa. This is why I liked reading this book.
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Summary: The doll in the garden
Review: The book "The doll in the garden" is an exciting and suspenseful story. The ghost story, written by Mary Downing Hahn, will certainly keep reader gripped and interested. When Ashley, a ten-year-old girl moves to Monkton Mills with her mother after her father dies, a not so nice surprise awaits her. The cruel Mrs.Cooper, their landlord, hates children and doesn't welcome them in a particularly friendly way. The first thing that captures Ashley's eye is an overgrown rose garden. Her mother goes into their new house and Ashley hurries into the garden but then she hears a whisper from next door. Her new neighbor Kristy, an eight-year-old girl, tells her that the garden is haunted, and that people can hear things advancing from the garden at night. Ashley doesn't believe her until that night when she wakes up because of a soft weeping, she looks out of the window and sees a white cat but something is wrong. Why doesn't the cat have a shadow, and why does she hear the girl crying? The other seven books written by Mary Downing Hahn are certainly as good as this one. The doll in the garden is great for children and adults alike. Coco Huberts
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Summary: The Best Online Book Review EVER
Review: The Doll in the Garden is a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn. The climax changes in an suspenseful way when the main character, Ashley, finds a doll that her old, crabby landlord buried in the front garden when she was very young. The doll belonged to the landlord's neighbor and best friend. Ashley's neighbor, Kristi, tells the landlord about Ashley finding the doll, because Kristi was jealous that Ashley kept the doll. The landlord was very angry. Ashley is transported to a parallel world in which she meets the landlord's old best friend when she was young, and very sick. There is a reason she wants her doll back, and Ashley is determined to make the landlord and the little girl in the parallel world meet up again. Ashley takes the landlord and Kristi to the parallel world, and there is a danger of them never being able to go back home. Will they make it home? To find out, read The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn.
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Summary: " A Wonderful Story For Children"
Review: The first time I read this book was when I was about seven years old. Now that I am older, I just watch it sit in my shelf. It is incredible for children and it is so easy to read, the vocabulary therein is easy for children. The plot of the book, is so amazing. Especially when that little girl comes into the picture to become Ashley's friend, you do not know who she is until you get to the end. It is suspenseful because you are always wondering whom that little girl really was. When you get to the end, you will not believe whom the little girl turns out to be. You have to buy it for your children, it is such a cute book.
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Summary: I like this book alot.
Review: This book is a ghost story about two girls named Ashley and Kristie that discover a nother world. One day They are pulling up weeds in the garden even though they were told not to go there and they find a box buried in the ground. There is an old doll and a misterios note. A few nights later a ghost cat named Snowball leads Ashley through the hedge that seperats her yard from the empty lot behind it. On the other side she doesnt see the empty lot she sees a house! A little girl named Luisa is sitting on a bench in the garden. She says she is waiting for someone to bring her doll back. She says she is sick. Ashley relizes that the doll Luisa wants is The one she and Kristie dug up! But she had already given the doll to her neighbor Miss Cooper. Ashley promises to get the doll back. The next day she and Kristie go back and see Luisa. Then they try and get the doll back from Miss Cooper. She finally agrees and they bring the doll to Luisa. But it is too late. She is allready in bed dying. Miss Cooper gives her the doll and says she's sorry for keeping it. Then they leave Luisa. Then Ashley and Kirstie make friends with Miss Cooper who is usually really mean to them so they story ends happily. This book is a littl scary. Its pretty easy to read for little kids.
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Summary: Intreging!
Review: This book may start out slow but it is so esensial and intreging. I read this at 11 in 3 days becuase of the suspense. If you like scary books, you'll like this.
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Summary: Too young for me
Review: This book was not at all scary or suspenseful, and the plot was very predictable and not a new idea. Basically it is about a girl called Ashleigh who moves to an old house and finds a doll in the garden. Later she finds out the doll belongs to Louisa, a sick child. It has quite a good ending but it wasn't a page-turner. 'Wait Till Helen Comes' by the same author is much more spooky and interesting and though they are for the same age group, I think older people would enjoy 'Wait Till Helen Comes' better then 'The Doll In the Garden', which I read when I was 12 and I thought too young for me. People ten and under would probably like it better.
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Summary: Still a great book!
Review: This may not be among Mary Downing Hahn's best books, but it is still entertaining, especially the character of Carrie Cooper. And Louisa is an ethereal and tragic figure that makes the book worthwhile, and helps Ashley at a hard time in her life. I first read this book when I was 10, and now I'm 20. A great story for any age!
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Summary: An enchanting story by one of the best authors I know of
Review: This story is great for children who enjoy the feeling of magic and enchantment.I even know adults who think the book is full of excitement and very well written.The characters are very real and easy to relate to.Containing mystery combined with sadness and love,this book is one that should be read over and over.
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