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Summary: A Great Horror
Review: I would really recomend this book for anyone who likes haunted house or ghost type books.This book is about a girl who's going to live in a haunted plantation, called graymoss. even though her parents have read charrlete blevins diary and have seen the horror them selves they still think there's a logical explanation for it.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK ; MUST READ
Review: In my Language Arts class we had to find a book and read it for a grade. The book I chose was The Haunting. One of my favorite parts in the book was when Sarah grabbed Lia's hand at the hospital and tells Lia about Graymoss. It's one of my favorite parts because it kind of shocks you. Another favorite part in the book was when Lia's family first went to Graymoss, everyone around kept telling them that if they moved in they were crazy. No one in Lia's family has been able to stay the night in there since the Civil War because the walls wisper and the ceilings shriek. Throughout the book Lia tries to convince her parents NOT to move in, but they keep saying that they don't believe in ghosts. If she doesn't convince them then she has to chase the horror away because she doesn't want her parents' dreams ruined.But how does she do it and in the meantime how does she protect herself from the ghosts? To find out read this very good and very scary book. If you like scary books then you should read this.
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Summary: Joan has done it yet again!!
Review: Joan has always been one of my favorite writers, but when i read the haunting i feel in love with it, its a wonderful book to read when your alone on a friday night it will freak you out that what a good writer can do!!
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Summary: Hello all. Here is a little info on me.
Review: Joan Lowery Nixon is the author of more than 90 books for young readers. The only four-time recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for the Best Juvenile Mystery, Nixon knows what interests readers and delivers it to them without fail. A native Californian and a transplanted Texan, Nixon lives in Houston with her husband, four children and thirteen grandchildren.
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Summary: Could have been spookier
Review: Joan Lowry Nixon crafts a competent ghost story with a likeable heroine, but the plot could use a little less mystery and a little more ghostly interference. But fans of haunted houses and mysterious family secrets will enjoy this a great deal. Lia is an unspectacular member of a family known for its impressive women. When her great-grandmother dies, she tells Lia that their ancestral house, Graymoss, must be preserved -- even though it is thought to be hideously evil. However, Lia's blindly optimistic parents have an obsessive dream of adopting a dozen "unadoptable" children, and are determined to turn Graymoss into a home for those kids. Lia is less than thrilled about the idea, both because of the disruption of her life and because of the ghosts. Before leaving, Lia purchases a bag of voodoo gris-gris that will repel ghosts. And soon she finds that she needs it -- strange gusts of wind, a crashing window, a falling book, and a strange indentation in her bed. Her parents refuse to believe that there is anything strange about the house, but Lia can feel a malevolent presence. Armed with gris-gris, a cryptic diary and a collection of Poe's stories, she must try to banish the evil forces from Graymoss. Nixon crafts a good story with plenty of sprinkled clues, family conflicts, and a big creaky house with no bathrooms. Her dialogue is pleasantly solid and believable, without fake witticisms or overly complex monologues. It's easy to imagine real people saying these words. Her portrayals of the family and their differing views on Graymoss were exceptionally done. And the mystery clues sprinkled in the Poe book and the old diary from a Civil War Southern belle were also clever and pulled the various threads of the story together. Unfortunately, this book is not particularly scary. The ghostly interludes are few and far between, and even when they do surface, they are not particularly detailed or frightening -- Nixon seems to be stuck on plaster faces that move and gusts of wind, because the "boo!" effects never progress beyond that. She also inserts a lukewarm love interest and a subplot about the unadoptable kids. While these are good in themselves, they seem rather pointless as nothing is really done with them. Lia is a likeable heroine; she's really accomplished nothing noteworthy, but doesn't allow that fact to get her down. She also shows extraordinary patience with her dewy-eyed parents, who for all their talk about "reality" seem to have very little grasp on it. Their reckless plans to adopt "unadoptable" kids (who are often unadoptable for very good reasons) will have many readers rolling their eyes. Her grandmother exhibits a different kind of irritating stubbornness, but one that readers will warm to much more readily. Despite the drawbacks, this is a pretty solid historical mystery -- but the realm of the juvenile horror story is still John Bellairs's. If you like family secrets and a few "boo!" moments, this might be your speed.
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Summary: High expectations dashed
Review: My ninth grade English honors class chose to read this book thinking it sounded interesting and maybe a little scary. Well, was I in for a shock! I got so tired of reading the diary from Charolette and I figured out the ending of the book by maybe the fourth chapter. The book was very easy and a quick read. The book was short (under 200 pages!) and at times went very very slow. I do not recommend this book for anyone.
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Summary: suspensful so scary if you read it at night you wont sleep
Review: the book is about a girls desprate attempt to stop her parents from moving into a haunted house and adopting a dozen "unadoptable kids" once you pick it up you wont be able to put it down. thrilling chilling and a good scare!!
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Summary: The Haunting
Review: The book that I read was called "The Haunting" by Joan Lowery Nixion. I really liked the plot of the story. This is because it took place in a haunted house and I like the kinds of stories that have to deal with haunted houses. It was about Lia's parents moving into a plantation house called Graymoss. This house has been in their family since the Civil War. It is supposedly haunted and people say that you can't survive a night in that house. Her great-great-grandmother had a diary and she wrote about the things that happened in the house. Now Lia has to figure out what is going on with the house.
I thought that this was a great book. It was really interesting because it made you think about what was going to happen next. I would recomend this book to anyone.
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Summary: creepy
Review: The book was suspensful, and I thought it was pretty good.
The thing about this book was that they had you wait way to long for the actual climax to happen, so you got bored with it. Besides that the book was really creepy and it also added some extra things like insecurities. Over all this book isn't my favorite, but I liked it.
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Summary: Summary and Reflection
Review: The Haunting
Joan Lowry Nixon Lia sits apprehensively in a cold hospital room as her great-grandmother lies in a coma. When she awakens for a brief moment before her passing, Lia is informed of a family plantation house that has lain uninhabited for over a century. Lia is sworn to protect Graymoss, the Louisiana mansion, even with its known evil dwelling inside. Lia is given her ancestress' Civil War diary full of sinister characters and evil encounters. Lia wholly believes in the diary entries but her mother and father are not so easily convinced. During a visit to the looming mansion the Starling family meets several colorful characters that wish to purchase the property despite the ever-present threat of evil. Each character gives another account of mysterious happenings that have been recorded in the house since its last owner was brutally murdered by Union soldiers. Lia's parents are determined to make the house a home for many foster children who, for one reason or another, remain unadopted. Lia must ultimately use her ancestress' diary, classic literature, and her own bravery to solve the mystery of Graymoss plantation. This book is cleverly and descriptively written with much attention to the senses and detail. This book is not a ghost story, per se, but a story of a young girl who must find her place in a family of brave women. The suspense continuously builds throughout the novel with an ending that rivals the classic works of Edgar Allan Poe. This book would be wonderful for students in grades 5-8 and can be easily integrated into Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, and Geography.
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