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The Curse of Ravenscourt: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia's NYC brownstone is being expanded to make more room for Samantha and the three O'Malley sisters. While the renovation is underway, the family moves to an apartment on the top floor of Ravenscourt, a fashionable new 13-story "apartment-hotel." Samantha is excited about their luxurious new digs--until she learns there's a terrible curse on the b...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
March 1st 2005
by American Girl Publishing Inc
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A Samantha Mystery
Samantha is excited about her family's stay at a fancy new "apartment-hotel"- until she learns there's a terrible curse on the building's owner! As soon as Samantha arrives, one thing after another goes alarmingly wrong. Is it the curse - or is something else scaring the residents from Ravenscourt?
About the Author: Sarah Masters Buckey grew up in New Jersey, where her favorite hobbies were swimming in the summer, sledding in the winter, and reading all year round. She and her f...more
Samantha is excited about her family's stay at a fancy new "apartment-hotel"- until she learns there's a terrible curse on the building's owner! As soon as Samantha arrives, one thing after another goes alarmingly wrong. Is it the curse - or is something else scaring the residents from Ravenscourt?
About the Author: Sarah Masters Buckey grew up in New Jersey, where her favorite hobbies were swimming in the summer, sledding in the winter, and reading all year round. She and her f...more
I read this book since I had recently read the complete Samantha series and short stories, but had not read any of the historical mysteries. I decided to give this one a try. Also, this author is going to be author of part of the upcoming new historical series, so I wanted to check out her style.
As a mystery for children, I think it will do well for the age 8-11 audience. The two overlapping mysteries are adventurous enough to keep the target audience hopping, and Samantha has a bit more persona...more
As a mystery for children, I think it will do well for the age 8-11 audience. The two overlapping mysteries are adventurous enough to keep the target audience hopping, and Samantha has a bit more persona...more
The curse of Ravenscourt
Sarah Masters Buckey
My book is about an eleven year old girl called Samantha who thinks she is going to stay at a luxurious hotel until she finds out that the hotel's owner is under curse. I really likes the character Samantha as she had all the good qualities a person should have. She is a really nice detective and she also has a lot of courage. I liked the because of the mystery mixed with horror. In the beginning it was a little boring. But, in the middle it got a l...more
This book is about Samantha and her family. samantha has 3 sister and they all live with samanthas aunt and uncle. Her house is being re-done,so they go to Ravenscourt. Soon Samantha and her 3 sisters hear that the place is cursed. Samantha and her sis Nellie try to see if the curse is true. In the end they find out that the curse isn’t true.
i made a connection to samtha when she went looking for her youngern sister! i do that a lot with my litttle brother! he would be scared sometime asnd he wo...more
i made a connection to samtha when she went looking for her youngern sister! i do that a lot with my litttle brother! he would be scared sometime asnd he wo...more
I enjoyed it especially since there was surprises.It really took you back to that difference between the wealthier people and those poor people just like today. It also took you back to that 1900- 1906 feeling with all the dresses, horse drawn carriages, all the classy things for wealthy people. But I also like it when the author incorporated the feeling and view of a not so wealthy person from that time period. I especially like the mysteries. You thought it was one person but then suspected an...more
When Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia decide to do some renovations on their house, the family -- which includes Samantha and her adopted sisters Nellie, Bridget, and Jenny -- temporarily moves to Ravenscourt, an elegant new apartment building. However, soon after the family moves into Ravenscourt, things begin to go wrong. Samantha hears rumors of a curse on the building's owner, and begins to wonder if it's responsible for the strange happenings. Then Uncle Gard has to leave on business, and soon...more
Meatier than most American Girl books, but still in the same comforting style with dependable, responsible characters. This book is a mystery. Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle and three adopted sisters, is temporarily living in Ravenscourt, a new high-rise luxury apartment building in NYC. When strange things begin to happen in the apartment house and the girls hear that there is a curse on the owner, Samantha decides to look at the facts logically and discover what is going on.
It was amazing!! A book about Samantha and her three sisters. They had moved into a apartment/ hotel while their house was being fixed and Samantha and her sisters find out all kinds of things are going on at Ravenscourt.So they try to solve the mystery, but it just gets them in a lot of danger
3.5 Stars.
Not the best mystery - to me the solution felt so obvious all along, even for a kid's book. On the other hand, I do enjoy Samantha and Nellie and thought this a fascinating snapshot of life at this time with a good dose of adventure thrown in.
Not the best mystery - to me the solution felt so obvious all along, even for a kid's book. On the other hand, I do enjoy Samantha and Nellie and thought this a fascinating snapshot of life at this time with a good dose of adventure thrown in.
Review by Blake: A really good book. Mystery is magnificent because you could never tell who could be the culprit. Samantha does some detective work and finds out who the culprit is. I would recommend this to anybody.
A nice little mystery for Samantha. Sam's mysteries really unfold after Nellie's Promise, with all four girls living with Cornelia and Gard. This has a nice bit of suspense, much like an early Nancy Drew.
Samantha Parkington is excited about her stay at a fancy hotel-like apartment building, Ravenscourt, with her Aunt and Uncle, and three adopted sisters. But Nellie, one of Samantha's adopted sisters says ravens are a sign of bad luck. Nellie tells Samantha that the building's owner is cursed. Samantha knows there is no such thing as luck...or a curse. But soon after they arrive, odd things begin to happen. Samantha soon begins to think there is a curse. She decides to play detective and learn th...more
I read this book at Christmas time about 2 years back. It's my favorite American girl mystery. I finished the book in 2 days! I recommend it to AG readers out there! :D
I loved all the suspense Sarah Masters Bukey puts into this book. and this book tells you that theresv a answer to everything.
I love this book! Samantha is one of my favorite American Girls! I was fun to solve the mystery alongside Samantha. Read this!
May 14, 2010
Rylie Thousand
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i liked this book alot ive read it bout 5 other times lolz i luv american girl books
Not quite sure when I finished reading this, I just remember that I loved it((:
this book was very very spookey! but great at the same time
It was fun to read..
We loved this - very suspenseful!
It was a good mystery.
reading with Amanda
Very good
The ending could have ended a little bit better but it still was a pretty good book
It was good. Don't try the Kit mysteries, they aren't really that good. Molly, Samantha are good. :)
it was kinda creepy at the end
but overall a very good book.
but overall a very good book.
May 17, 2013
Patti C.
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