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Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
by
Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
March 21st 1994
by Clarion Books
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Time for Andrew (Mary Downing Hahn)
This was a very good ghost story. Different from the usual. Drew is sent to stay with his Great-Aunt Blythe, in an old creepy house. Drew's father explains how this house has been in the family for over a century. Soon he hears women crying & finding no one there.
His Aunt takes him into the attic to show him some of the old treasures. She shows him photos of his relatives, and is shocked to find one boy looked exactly like him, and ironically his name is A...more
This was a very good ghost story. Different from the usual. Drew is sent to stay with his Great-Aunt Blythe, in an old creepy house. Drew's father explains how this house has been in the family for over a century. Soon he hears women crying & finding no one there.
His Aunt takes him into the attic to show him some of the old treasures. She shows him photos of his relatives, and is shocked to find one boy looked exactly like him, and ironically his name is A...more
Another great ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn. Time for Andrew tells the story of Drew, a young boy who is spending 8 weeks in the summer with his Great-Aunt Blythe. Aunt Blythe lives in the ancestral family home with her father (Drew's great-grandfather). Drew thinks that he can feel the presence of his past relatives all around the house and after a trip to the attic (where the entry door is in his bedroom) that results in his discovery of a very old bag of marbles, he becomes mostly intrigue...more
"Wait Til Helen Comes" was a much better choice, by the same author. However, a student recommended this one to me, so I thought I'd give it a chance.
The book started off slow, but it picked up in pace after a bit. This is the second Hahn book I've read with time travel involved, and this one I felt pulled it off better. I liked that Drew and Andrew both actually existed simultaneously and could travel from one time to the next by stepping through the attic door. I'm also happy that Andrew survived. In her other book, The Doll in the Garden, Louisa does not survive after her doll is returned to her. Because of the bond they shared, Andrew mak...more
This is one of the many books I read to my children at night as they went to sleep. I also read this book every year to my classroom. They can't get enough of it. There are so many assignments you can get from this book from projection to summary to prediction. The book is filled with creative writing genius; personification, metaphors, similes, forshadowing, I could go on.
I discovered the book by my children who read it after the popular young adult fiction, "Wait till Helen Comes". Which I ha...more
I discovered the book by my children who read it after the popular young adult fiction, "Wait till Helen Comes". Which I ha...more
Time for Andrew is an otherwise great juvenile chapter book with two significant issues: First off, the cover's statements that Time for Andrew is "A Ghost Story" and "Very spooky!" are both misleading. Instead of being a creepy tale in the vein of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps, this is a time-traveling, fish-out-of-water story that does feature a ghost, but not in a terrifying way. Second off, the story seemed a bit rushed; it seems to move too fast, almost like trying to cram an entire Star Wars mo...more
Dec 18, 2009
☠ Ranaar
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5 of 5 stars
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Time For Andrew By: Mary Downing Hahn
This book is about a Kid named Andrew (Drew). When Drews father and mother go to pParis, France he has to stay with his Aunt Blythe. When he go's up to the attic with his aunt he finds some old family pictures and also finds sone marbles under a loose floorboard. After his aunt takes the marbles downstairs some strange things happen. One of Drews great aunts cousin (andrew) haunts the house even though he is still alive. Andrew has dipheteria and Drew trades...more
This book is about a Kid named Andrew (Drew). When Drews father and mother go to pParis, France he has to stay with his Aunt Blythe. When he go's up to the attic with his aunt he finds some old family pictures and also finds sone marbles under a loose floorboard. After his aunt takes the marbles downstairs some strange things happen. One of Drews great aunts cousin (andrew) haunts the house even though he is still alive. Andrew has dipheteria and Drew trades...more
I remembered reading this book as a kid and having it stuck with me so vividly that I googled the summary a few years ago, trying to figure out what the title/author was. Luckily I remembered enough that I found the book, read it and promptly felt 12 yrs all over again. I love how Drew and Andrew are so different yet so alike and how they can exist in 2 different time lines and how they help each other get over their fears and the ending will forever be one of my favorite conclusions. Definetley...more
I gave this book 4 star because, I really enjoyed this book I couldn’t put it down! Andrew and Drew switch places and because they look identical and Andrew is very sick and he is from the 1900s so in the present they have medicine. Andrew was suppose to die but he didn’t know that he was died and so Drew went back in time to live Andrew’s life which is very hard and if he doesn’t listen he gets a spanking. But to switch back Drew had to beat Andrew in marbles because Andrew does want to switch...more
Drew (real name Andrew) is to stay the summer with his great-aunt in an old house she has recently inherited while his parents go to Europe. Shortly after his arrival, he meets his wheel-chair bound and senile great-uncle. He also gets his first glimpse of a ghost: a young boy, Andrew, who looks exactly like him and who is about to die from diptheria. Convinced that a body exchange is his only hope of surviving, Andrew tricks Drew into exchanging bodies. At first furious at his plight, Drew begs...more
The book, Time for Andrew is about Drew not wanting to go to a camp and since his parents are going on vacation he is going to have to stay at aunt Blythes house. When he gets there he is very creeped out and regrets not going to the other camp because it looks so spooky. Aunt Blythe is so excited and ready to spend a awesome time with him. When he goes inside he looks through rooms, in one of the rooms he finds an old person there that is his grandpa. When the grandpa seems him he asks him why...more
This story is about a boy named Andrew and he's sent to his great aunt Blythe for the summer. His aunt lives in this old beat up creepy looking house. The house itself hasn't been taken care of for years. but it's been in the family fo many many years. When Drew arrives at his aunts house Drew feels like he can feel all his relatives from the dead there. While he is there his aunt had Drew take a trip up the attic. while he was up there he finds a picture of his old relatives and theres a boy th...more
Christmas Eve, preparations are all finished, the family settles down to watch television. Ghost Hunters. Or whichever one is the one where the morons visit old buildings and dare ghosts to show themselves. If ghosts do exist, I don't think that douche tactics are going to provide great results.
I needed to find some way to pass the time so, going into my old bedroom, I decided to pull out one of my old favorites that I've been meaning to reread. Fittingly enough, it was this ghost story.
Mary Dow...more
I needed to find some way to pass the time so, going into my old bedroom, I decided to pull out one of my old favorites that I've been meaning to reread. Fittingly enough, it was this ghost story.
Mary Dow...more
Time for Andrew is one of my all time favorites because of it's honest simplicity. Mary Downing Hahn accurately and effectively paints a picture of past and present while keeping a pace that would incite the reader to believe everything that happens is happening at a relatively controlled pace. From this story I learned, as a writer, the importance of character development and backstory, which ties in greatly with the story and leaves a definite feeling of closure and rest upon completing the st...more
Our assistant teacher that year, a wonderful woman named Mrs. Denny, read this book to my 4th grade class many years ago. It was a wonderful novel to come into the classroom for right after lunch break and was extremely well written, thought out, and interesting. The characters were memorable and so was the story. If I still can remember it even now, it must've been worthwhile-- in fact, I even bought it to keep in my personal collection and can't wait to read it to my own kids one day.
This book is a wonderful fiction tale about growing and losing our childhood fears. It is about changing through a tease of time travel and ghosts of the past. What would you do if you had a chance to take the place of an ancestor who lived a hundred years before you? See what Andrew does and how living the life of his ancestor in a ghostly haunt a century past teaches him the confidence he needs to fight the bullies in our modern day schools.
This is more a story of time travel than a ghost story. 12-year-old Andrew is dying of diphtheria when he falls through a hole in time and finds himself in 1990 instead of his own time 1910. He trades places with his great-great-nephew Drew, who happens to be his exact double. Will Andrew die? Will Drew ever return to his own time? This is a very enjoyable story of family and growing up.
This was kind of a fun book, recommended to me by my mom (who has recently been reading a lot of books with my brother Christopher...who is 9.) It is definitely a young read, and I think it would definitely be a fun one for a young boy. It starts out a bit spooky, but after the first 3 chapters it is pretty smooth sailing :-) It kept me pretty interested and I finished in just a few days.
This story is about a boy named Drew and he hears about a man named Andrew the died from a diseas. After sometime Drew starts hearing noises and then Andrew appears. Everynight after that they would play marbles with each other. Drew started to search his backyard for his Andrew gravestone but it was never there. Then one day Drew found out something that he never suspected.
Such a great ghost-story! You get to travel through family pictures, attics in old houses, and personal ancestry to get to the characters who swap places in this book - a wonderfully believable and adventurous read, about two boys in the same family, generations apart, who swap places to save one's life, and both their lives end up dramatically improved.
I thought that it was super cool and so amazing how Drew goes back to 1901 and sees Edward who is really his great grandpa who sits in his room most of the time.
I also liked where he jumped off the tressle to save Edward from drowning even though he said that he could have saved himself.
That is what I liked about the book.
I also liked where he jumped off the tressle to save Edward from drowning even though he said that he could have saved himself.
That is what I liked about the book.
I must have read this book a dozen times when I was kid, and I was doing some cleaning in my old bedroom and found it again. The characters were wonderful, from Drew and Andrew, to Hannah and the rest of the family. The story was so engaging and continues to be so even when I read it again years later.
Love time-travel books, and this one was very satisfying, with the border between times shifting and fading in-and-out. Although it started out as genuinely creepy and scary, it wasn't really a scary book, so although it is a ghost story, it might not suit those readers who are looking for thrills and chills.
This is a great author for struggling readers who love ghost stories. This is one of my favorite books by this author, but I wouldn't call it a ghost story...It was more of a time traveling story. However, it was fantastic! I can't wait to book talk this one for my students!
My 9-year old daughter LOVED this book, and wanted me to read it, so I did. I have to admit that I didn't want to read it that much, but it really is a charming story about a boy finding himself through a trip back in time. Good suspense and some interesting historical details.
I didn't give this book a great rating, but I didn't hate it. It was a fast read and I think that a lot of kids or young adults would enjoy it. However, I don't think that it's a ghost story at all. It's really a time travel and a historical fiction novel. It wasn't profound, but it was entertaining and kept my interest all the way through until the end.
I liked this book because i like ghost stuff. I would recommend this book to people who like ghost stories. I liked the part when the ghost starts talking to andrew the real boy. i had a thought whem the grandfather started not likeing him.
When I read The Outsiders, I had a sad and depressing feeling after I read it. After I read Time For Andrew, I had the exact same feeling. I couldn't get over the depressing feeling until after a few days, and the same was for The Outsiders.
May 23, 2012
Candice Pedersen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Definitely a good book by Hahn. This is probably one of my favorite ghost stories by her as it deals with the switch in the boys. There are many unexpected turns in the story and it kept my students guessing as I read each day. There are great connections in the story and students enjoy it aloud or read to themselves.
Feb 05, 2011
Katherine
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4 of 5 stars
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We read this in 6th grade for a book project that the whole class was doing. So I didn't have a choice about reading this book. But it turned out that I did love this book. It wasn't like any other ghost stories I have ever read.
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I grew up in a small shingled house down at the end of Guilford Road in College Park, Maryland. Our block was loaded with kids my age. We spent hours outdoors playing "Kick the Can" and "Mother, May I" as well as cowboy and outlaw games that usually ended in quarrels about who shot whom. In the summer, we went on day long expeditions into forbidden territory -- the woods on the other side of the t...more
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