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The House Where Nobody Lived (Lewis Barnavelt #11)
The lovable underdog Lewis Barnavelt and his best friend Rose Rita wonder what are Polynesian ghosts doing in New Zebedee, Michigan.
Hardcover, 173 pages
Published
October 5th 2006
by Dial Books
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heckuva subtitle, huh? well, i have to admit that i was drawn to this book because of the cover illustration. plus, i was looking for a good scary/mystery book for the favoreads contest i do every year. this one definitely has a creepy-feeling aspect going for it, and it’s not badly written, but i feel like perhaps i should read some of the originals before i pass judgment on this book. i know there are avid fans of john bellairs–how do they feel about these books written by other authors in “th...more
I loved the Hawai'i connection. Most of this stuff about Pele and Night Marchers is common knowledge in Hawai'i. I'm not sure how readers on the Mainland would know about it though unless they read Glen Grant's Obake Files or other books on Hawaiian spooky stories. We've got a lot of them here! I looked into the real Honolulu House. It has it's own sordid history. It was built with stolen government money after the judge who built it bilked the US government when he was the consulate to Hawa...more
Most of it is pretty insipid, with a few interesting and novel concepts that make it somewhat interesting. Strickland has dropped the strained shout-outs to M.R. James, thankfully, but still can't capture the art of the suspenseful cliffhanger that Bellairs was so good at. Although finally, some sense of jeopardy. You can see the clear influence of Harry Potter here. There's more arcing magic in this book than in any of the other ones, it is magic itself that saves the day, and it is nice to...more
Clever little middle-grade fantasy. Scared the pants off my dd, or so she said. "Mom, you have to read this book!"
One of the better Strickland-after-Bellairs books.
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William Bradley Strickland (b. 1947) is the author (or co-author) of over 60 novels and over 60 pieces of short fiction and poetry.
Born in New Hollard, Strickland earned his Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has taught English courses at the University of Georgia, Oglethorpe University, Truett-McConnell College, and, since 1987, at Gainesville State Colleg...more
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Born in New Hollard, Strickland earned his Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has taught English courses at the University of Georgia, Oglethorpe University, Truett-McConnell College, and, since 1987, at Gainesville State Colleg...more
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