The Haunting

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Summary: The Haunting
Review: The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon is a good book, but could have been more suspenseful. The book was a little scary at some parts, but the ending was a surprise. It was a short and easy book so it didn't take a long time to read. The book isn't really bad, but not one of the best books I've read. For the most part it was a good mystery and I liked it.

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Summary: Excellent and Scary Book
Review: The Haunting by Joan lowery Nixon is an awesome book. Anyone who enjoys Edger Allen Poe stories is sure to like this story. A young girl named Anne is about to move into the Graymoss mansion when she discovers it's terrifing secret. She reads the diary of a girl who lived at Graymoss during the Civil War and about the ghosts in the house. A good book for teens and adults The Haunting provides chills for all who read it.

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Summary: Great Ghost Thriller.
Review: THE HAUNTING is an awesome book. I usually like Joan Lowery Nixon's work, anyway...so of course I'd think this is a great book. This book is about a modern-day teenager named Lia who doesn't believe she is very brave and courageous like most of the women in her family have been. She, of course, loves to read and doesn't have a lot of friends. After Lia's great-grandmother dies, her parents are given the huge house on a plantation her great-grandmother owned. Lia's parents decide to move there and adopt lots of orphan children, who will become Lia's brothers and sisters. Lia doesn't want to have any brothers and sisters because she likes being the only child, and so she doesn't want to move to the plantation. Anyway, while Lia's great-grandmother was dying in the hospital, Lia came over to visit her great-grandmother. Her great-grandmother thought Lia was Lia's mother, and told her to read a diary by a girl named Charlotte who's grandfather owned the plantation house during the Civil War, in the 1800s and why she thinks the house is haunted. When Lia tells her mother this, her mother doesn't believe the house is haunted and wants to live in it anyway (even Lia's grandmother believes the house is haunted). So to prove the house is haunted, Lia finds Charlotte's diary and reads it and now has to discover a way to destroy the evil in the house before it destroys her! A great thriller for a late-night reading. Go out and try this book.

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Summary: The Haunting
Review: The Haunting was an okay book.It was kind of scary at times, but the ending was a surprise. It wasn't something you had to think about much. The book is nice and short, so it dosen't take a long time to read.This was the first book I read by Joan Lowery Nixon and i think she's a pretty good author. All in all I liked it.

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Summary: The most scary book ever!!
Review: The Haunting, by Joan Lowery Nixon, is a scary suspense filled book. If you love being scared out of your mind, then this book is for you. It is about a girl named Lia, whose mother has inherited a platation home by the name of Graymoss. As soon as her mother finds this out, she immediately decides they must visit Graymoss to see if they can live in it. Lia's parents dream is to adopt lots of children and since Graymoss is a huge beautiful home, they want to live in it. They are aware of the spooky tellings of Graymoss. That is, that there are frightening things that happen at night, however, Lia's mother does not care what people say. Lia believes these tellings and one night decides to try and get rid of the evil by going to Graymoss after dark. See what happens to Lia when she hears whispers and expierences things pulling at her. Overall, I loved this book and you will too!

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Summary: THE KIDDNAPPING OF CHRISTINA LATTIMORE
Review: The kiddnapping of Chritina Lattimore is a mix between an adventure and a mistory. It is about a girl teenager that is kiddnapped on her way home from a friends house. Finally she is let free ,but her rich grandmother beleives that she did it just to get her money.Will she ever be proven iniccont?And if so will she be glad to be her self again?You have to figure it out!

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Summary: definitely "young-adult"
Review: This book certainly fits the title for a young-adult book. It had all the cheesy lines and plots but, was entertaining. It is a quick read and was pretty enjoyable. The ending was quite abrubt though, and I think the author could have built it up a little more. Oh well! Read it if you want a slightly scary story!

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Summary: A great thriller!!!
Review: This book is about a girl, Lia Starling. When her great-grandmother dies her mother inheirits this old plantation called, Graymaoss. This plantation survived the Civil War and is waiting for some one. When Lia's parents want to move into the house and fill it with "unadoptabe" kids Lia has to figure out who the house is waiting for using the original owner, Charolette Blevins, diary and an old copy of Favorite Tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Can she solve this mystery? You'll have to read it to find out. This book sent chills down my spine and its a great book to read over and over again. The auther describes everything so well that it feels like you're excperiencing the terror of Graymoss!

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Summary: Was it a choice, this book would have gotten zero stars
Review: This book was a disappointment at best. The entire story line was a Poe story mixed with your generic teenage drama. I was expecting an intriguing story, after hearing only good things about the author, but I was let down. The majority of the book was introducing the characters and setting, and when the action finally developed at the end of the book, the plot was insultingly simple. The long beginning leads you to think there will be a complex story line, but instead it develops the same as many other teenage drama books. Also, the book gives the appearance of being a book for older, high school aged teens, the language seems to be geared more towards younger, elementary school aged children. I am more than surprised that anyone could think Nixon is a great author, or that this book is a "must read."

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Summary: The Great Book
Review: This book was great, it was a mystery and it kept me on the edge of my seat. When I read it i didn't want to put it down. You can really know who the main character is and she is described well. When comparing "The Haunting" with other books, it stands out in my mind as one of the best books I have ever read. The most exciting plot event is when Lia, the main character, is going to face the hauntings in the house and try to get rid of them. Lia's dad had the best quote in the book and it was, "all people are different and you can learn something new from everyone." Some new vocabulary that I learned from this book are; ferrying, veranda, throttled, cyrrically, fraudulent, and alibis. When Lia found out why the house was haunted i was so suprsied and hadn't expected that at all. One of the themes i think is, don't always think of yourself first. *Ashley Koentop pd.1*