Fifteen-year-old Lia comes from a long line of courageous women, dating back to a Civil War survivor who single-handedly saved her Louisiana planta...
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Oct 28, 2011
Michelle
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May 06, 2009
Deb
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I wanted to grab a quick read, and this book fit the bill perfectly at 184 pages. It's about a 15 year old girl whose mother inherits a haunted house, Graymoss, in Louisiana and plan to adopt a bunch of hard-to-adopt children with her husband and live there. Problem is, Lia isn't crazy about that idea. The walls whisper one word over and over which no one can quite figure out, the designs on the ceiling turn into hissing and spitting monsters, invisible hands reach out and grab at people's hair
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Aug 07, 2010
Eden
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Lia's great-grandmother has recently died, but before she died she told Lia about Graymoss. Graymoss is to go to Lia's mother, but Lia's great-grandmother warns to never go to Graymoss because of the terrible evil that haunts the seemingly peaceful plantation.
Lia's parents do not believe in ghosts and so they don't believe in the stories of the hauntings of Graymoss. Even after reading the diary of an ancestor who once lived in the house and experienced it's evils they still don't believe. More...
Lia's parents do not believe in ghosts and so they don't believe in the stories of the hauntings of Graymoss. Even after reading the diary of an ancestor who once lived in the house and experienced it's evils they still don't believe. More...
Jan 31, 2012
Wesley
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i am a big fan of joan lowery nixon,but i got to admit that this book is one of her best books that she ever wrote. its basicly about a girl that recently found out fascinating secrets and trying to find out what the evil spirits want and trying to get rid of them.
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Sep 23, 2008
Nadia
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the book was great. It is a great mystery. It is about lia and how her great grandma left her family the house. But it is haunted. She wants to get ride of it but how?
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Jun 14, 2009
Debbie
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This is a book my 11 year old was interested in reading. She had two chapters left and so I picked it up to see what it was about. The story started out promising, but I figured out the ending well before the main character, which is always a little disappointing. There were phrases that were repeated over and over in the text which droned on and on and on, and the ending didn't come soon enough. The big showdown at the end was rather anti-climatic, but as far as "not-so-spooky, spooky
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Apr 11, 2010
Cheryl
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This is the second book that I read on Dewey's Read-A-Thon. I got through this one the quickest. This was a great book and I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
Lia's grandmother passed away and left a house called Graymoss to Lia's mother. Lia's mother wants to move in and adopt a bunch of kids and they can all live there. The only problem is that it is possessed. Lia looked for clues in her great, great grandmother's diary and an old copy of Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan Poe to try to f More...
Lia's grandmother passed away and left a house called Graymoss to Lia's mother. Lia's mother wants to move in and adopt a bunch of kids and they can all live there. The only problem is that it is possessed. Lia looked for clues in her great, great grandmother's diary and an old copy of Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan Poe to try to f More...
Dec 21, 2010
Jessica
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I really liked this book. This book is about a girl named Lia. Her great grandmother dies and leaves Graymoss Manor to her mom. Graymoss Manor was built by Palcide Belvins her great great great great great grandpa. Graymoss was built in the south during the civil war. When the rebels invaded Graymoss they wanted to torch it but Charolette begged them not to torch it and they left it alone. This book was an absolute page turner for me. This book is really spooky it makes a great halloween story.
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Nov 23, 2011
Stella
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This book was ok. With a title like The Haunting, I thought it would be more scary! Some parts dragged on and I kept thinking, "When will this get to the good part?" The most disappointing thing of all was that I solved the mystery before Lia, the main character, did. Over all I guess it was ok, because there was a good story line.
Dec 25, 2010
Sarah
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SUPER GOOD BOOK. Just don't read it in the dark. In 6th grade, I read it, and got scared of the dark. It's that scary, and I don't really scare easily about a book. Just read it, but not in the dark. You might be like the people staying in that house...petrified to death. Just saying. But read it. In broad daylight, I might suggest.
Aug 26, 2011
Liv
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Pretty good book. Short, easy read. I don't really have any complaints except that I really wanted to know more..
**SOME SPOILERS**
How the adoption was going to go and how she was going to deal with Jon and her new school, how she was going to adjust to all the kids living with her, etc.
**SOME SPOILERS**
How the adoption was going to go and how she was going to deal with Jon and her new school, how she was going to adjust to all the kids living with her, etc.
Feb 05, 2012
Catherine
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I would give this book another half of a star if I could, but I found the plot too predictable. Anyone who has read Poe could figure out the ending by the first couple of chapters. I liked the growth of the Lia's character.
Sep 21, 2010
This is a very good book. I enjoyed reading it and it only took be 4 days! It has a few scary parts but you won't get too scared. Hope you choose to read this!
Oct 10, 2010
George
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This book was okay. I found the main character to be obnoxious, the ending stale,and the writing okay. Suspense is built up throughout the whole book, but I just didn't like the ending.
Aug 31, 2010
Lyn
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Good story - a fast read. I love reading books from middle school libraries.
Nov 12, 2011
Nicole
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it was a really good book i loved and later on in life i would love to read it again
Sep 17, 2008
Krista
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This was a fun book. A girls family inherits a southern plantaion mansion. Full of supernatural evil- only at night-. It was a little predictiable.
Jan 13, 2010
Levina
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Intriguing with a grest surprise at the end. A perfect book for mystery and horror fans.
