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Summary: Freakily good writing!
Review: A girl named Jessica finds a cat one day. Her over working mothers pays little attention to either one of them and the cat is named Worm. Worm tells Jessica to do cruel things for revenge.
I thought this book was both creepy and scary. I couldn't get enough of it though because it had such captivating and magnifecent writing! This should be read by people 10 yrs. and up.
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Summary: A lightly surreal, slightly creepy, adventure.
Review: A great story from any perspective! My daughter loved this as a creepy adventure story. From a parent's point of view, though, it is a great piece about a child's discovery of her own responsibility for her actions.
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Summary: Good ending, but almost not worth the work
Review: I agree this had a fairly interesting plot and ending, but it was an incredibly slow read, and seemed very repetitive in parts. I would only recommend this in an abridged edition.
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Summary: Shirley Jackson for the Younger Set!
Review: I bought this book, after reading good reviews about it, for my daughter when she's a little older. This is an exceptionally creepy book. And just like "The Haunting of Hill House", the author leaves you to decide for yourself if there is something supernatural going on, or if the whole thing is created in the mind of the true-to-life-not-perfect protaganist, or BOTH. This is definitely a book to TALK about after the child has read it. Morals or points to ponder and all that.
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Summary: Shirley Jackson for the Younger Set!
Review: I bought this book, after reading good reviews about it, for my daughter when she's a little older. This is an exceptionally creepy book. And just like "The Haunting of Hill House", the author leaves you to decide for yourself if there is something supernatural going on, or if the whole thing is created in the mind of the true-to-life-not-perfect protaganist, or BOTH. This is definitely a book to TALK about after the child has read it. Morals or points to ponder and all that.
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Summary: Still a favorite.
Review: I first read this book in elementary school, and now many many years later, it's still a favorite. It's entertaining, creepy, but also teaches a valuable lesson in the end.
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Summary: This book entices children into reading.
Review: I had trouble reading an entire book until I found this in a library when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I loved it. I read every book from the author once I was done. My youngest sister was also not interested in reading when she was around that same age. I gave her this book and she read it and loved it. It may not be for every child, but it captivated me. I still think of it fondly 20 years later.
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Summary: This book entices children into reading.
Review: I had trouble reading an entire book until I found this in a library when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I loved it. I read every book from the author once I was done. My youngest sister was also not interested in reading when she was around that same age. I gave her this book and she read it and loved it. It may not be for every child, but it captivated me. I still think of it fondly 20 years later.
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Summary: Frightening and Creepy
Review: I read this 22 years ago when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, and it scared the hell out of me. I remember being too frightened to even look at the cover (a different one than pictured). For some reason, I pulled this off the shelf at my school library along with a book called "Trillions" which I also have been looking for, and I went nuts over both books. "Witches of Worm" was very creepy, and I believe having read it at that age spoiled me and made me a little less scared of other books and movies. When you're that age, you think what you're reading is really happening! If you give this to your kids, prepare for them to be spooked out of their wits...
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Summary: A true classic
Review: I read this book about 15 years ago, when I was a very young man, and the impressions I got from it has never left me. I have devoted my life to the written word (as an editor), and I think that that my love of prose can be directly related to this small, strange novel I read one afternoon in the mid-eighties. Like the greatest of Gothic novels (think "Dracula" or Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey"), this is a novel of the imagination. While the protagonist may be certifiable, she is still extremely recognizable to all readers. While I would highly reccomend this book to young readers, it is adults that will relate, and remember, the alienation of youth. A highly original fantasy, this novel will stick whith anyone, of any age, who picks it up. An underpraised classic of teen literature. It deserves to be embraced by teens and adults of all ages for many years to come.
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