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Summary: A Good History and Mystery Book
Review: "Something Upstairs" is the only book I have ever read by the author, AVI. If this one is any indication, I should read more of him because I thoroughly enjoyed this book.The story centers around two main characters: Kenny Huldorf, a boy who has just moved into a new house in Providence, Rhode Island; and the ghost of a slave he meets in his room, Caleb. Caleb was murdered in the room that Kenny discovers him and, after several meetings to earn Caleb's trust, their search for who killed Caleb and why he was murdered begins. This book has enough twists and turns in it for to be a real page-turner. I've read it several times, and I've enjoyed it very much each time. The author claims that all the events in the book are real; in the forward, he claims that he actually met the boy, Kenny Huldorf, and was able to research everything the boy told him. I guess the reader will have to determine for himself/herself whether the events that unfold within the book are actually true. The suspense level is also very-well maintained in this book as well. There is a twist toward the end that sort of throws the whole book on its ear, and it is only then that Kenny realizes the amplifications of what is actually going on in his adventure with Caleb to find a murderer. I would highly recommend this book to young readers who like books with a little bit of history, a whole lot of mystery and a healthy dose of twists and turns. "Something Upstairs" is a genuinely good book, worth reading over and over again.
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Summary: The beginning will draw you in.
Review: "Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts" is more of a time travel adventure story, than a ghost story. If you're looking for supernatural frights, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a historical-adventure told with an interesting storytelling method, then you've come to the right book. The reader will be so caught up in the time-traveling ghost story, that they won't realize they've just read a historical fiction - the premise is slavery. This book redeemed my faith in author Avi, solely by the way he chose to begin the book. Although the ending is abrupt and opened-ended, it's a good book for young readers to read over the summer. A sequel would have been most appropriate. I recommend.
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Summary: The beginning will draw you in.
Review: "Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts" is more of a time travel adventure story, than a ghost story. If you're looking for supernatural frights, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a historical-adventure told with an interesting storytelling method, then you've come to the right book. The reader will be so caught up in the time-traveling ghost story, that they won't realize they've just read a historical fiction - the premise is slavery. This book redeemed my faith in author Avi, solely by the way he chose to begin the book. Although the ending is abrupt and opened-ended, it's a good book for young readers to read over the summer. A sequel would have been most appropriate. I recommend.
Rating:
Summary: A Good History and Mystery Book
Review: "Something Upstairs" is the only book I have ever read by the author, AVI. If this one is any indication, I should read more of him because I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story centers around two main characters: Kenny Huldorf, a boy who has just moved into a new house in Providence, Rhode Island; and the ghost of a slave he meets in his room, Caleb. Caleb was murdered in the room that Kenny discovers him and, after several meetings to earn Caleb's trust, their search for who killed Caleb and why he was murdered begins. This book has enough twists and turns in it for to be a real page-turner. I've read it several times, and I've enjoyed it very much each time. The author claims that all the events in the book are real; in the forward, he claims that he actually met the boy, Kenny Huldorf, and was able to research everything the boy told him. I guess the reader will have to determine for himself/herself whether the events that unfold within the book are actually true. The suspense level is also very-well maintained in this book as well. There is a twist toward the end that sort of throws the whole book on its ear, and it is only then that Kenny realizes the amplifications of what is actually going on in his adventure with Caleb to find a murderer. I would highly recommend this book to young readers who like books with a little bit of history, a whole lot of mystery and a healthy dose of twists and turns. "Something Upstairs" is a genuinely good book, worth reading over and over again.
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Summary: Something Upstairs by Avi
Review: A book that is fear provoking yet emotional tends to attract and grab the reader¡¦s interest to the book. ¡§Something Upstairs,¡¨ by Avi is a successful book that illustrates two people in a rather different time period, the past and the present.
Kenny was a boy who moved into a new neighborhood where he found himself in a trend of mysteries and questions. Meeting a slave boy, Caleb, whose spirit has revisited Kenny¡¦s room every night, was in need of help urgently. Avi has expressed through words how deeply Caleb wanted Kenny to help, but because of what happened to Caleb, he has lost his trust in ¡¥humans¡¦ never did he lose such strong trust before his death. Caleb was murdered blindly without knowing who it was, and because of that, he was back to search for the murderer but he needed someone to do the job. Kenny was the chosen one, he did what he could but not much help was being done, this led Caleb being more irritated and irate at Kenny for not keeping his word. But Kenny is destined to find out the answer on his eerie adventure to the past. Trouble was lurking around the corner as if trouble was expecting him to be present.
This story portrays the friendship between these two different people from two different time periods. By reading this book, I¡¦ve learned how trust and friendship could change someone¡¦s life. Especially when Caleb and Kenny went through ups and downs, both conflicting over trust and courage. Avi has also mentioned memories and the morality of life when one is still alive. Memory was probably the essential idea about this book. Whereas Caleb was the memory in the ¡¥present¡¦ was not being able to leave without finding the answer to whom the murderer was. While I was reading, it made me think about many events in life as questions poured into my mind about life afterwards and how life can be so innocent. Avi has written this book so into depth that it makes the readers think that it¡¦s a real lifetime story, believe or not it¡¦s actually a spine-chilling book that gave me the Goosebumps when it comes to the ¡¥ghost¡¦ description.
Well it¡¦s up to you if you want to read this book and find out the ending, personally, I think it¡¦s a wonderful book to read so hope you all enjoy reading!
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Summary: A cute read
Review: A cute and clever read for younger children. A ghost story with a neat twist.
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Summary: Mysterious Story
Review: A kid named Kenny moved into a new house in Providence. One night he realized something was emerging out of the floor. After a couple of days he was anxious to find out what it was. Kenny went to the library and talked to a man named Mr. Willinghast, but when Kenny told him the story Willinghast scrutinized him. When Kenny found out what that thing was, he was dumbfounded. Kenny found out it was a fancy which was a slave way back in time. He went back in time to find the fancy's killer.
I recommend this book if you're going to read it with your class because you wouldn't understand some things and you would like to hear it aloud. The vocabulary is challenging.
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Summary: Good young introduction for mystery books.
Review: A really good book, for young readers to read if they are into mystery and beyond beleif. this book not only teaches the reader about mystery but also introduces their young minds into the time were america was based on slavery. a really good book to start off with.
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Summary: A very odd book.
Review: A review by Joshua
A young Californian boy, named Kenny, meets his own first friend at his new home in Providence, Rhode Island. His name is Caleb, and everything about him is normal except that he is a ghost. Caleb was murdered and cannot find his murderer. He asks Kenny if he can help him solve the mystery. That is the only way to get rid of his "memory," or himself. This book was an interesting book. At most times throughout the story I was confused. I only gave it three stars because I thought that it could have been a little more stuff happening throughout the story. Most of the story was rushed and I couldn't grasp all of the information. This is one of the weirdest books that I have ever read. I probably wouldn't go to the library and get another book written by Avi. I am sure that he has other books but this isn't one of his best. The book was interesting but it did not appeal to my interests. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone to read because of its difficulty to follow but I would to someone who would like to read a good, easy book.
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Summary: strange but good
Review: Avi has a different but interesting writing style. This book, Something Upstairs, was weird but I could not put it down. I like the way the book goes from present time back 200 years ago, during slavery. Although a little hard to follow at times, this book WILL keep you on the edge of your seat. Especially if you like ghosts and mysteries.
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