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My Haunted House (Araminta Spook #1)
Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta "has" to stop her!
With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by Katherine Tegen Books
(first published October 6th 1994)
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I really loved the artwork throughout this book. It was quirky, humorous and appropriate as well as creative for a chapter book.
I have to reserve judgement on the story itself until I read the second installment because I finally warmed up and began to like the characters during the last chapter. Up to that point, the main character came off as bratty and the situations were too opportunistic. For example, she talks about wanting to see a ghost and in one day (after searching for years) she s...more
I have to reserve judgement on the story itself until I read the second installment because I finally warmed up and began to like the characters during the last chapter. Up to that point, the main character came off as bratty and the situations were too opportunistic. For example, she talks about wanting to see a ghost and in one day (after searching for years) she s...more
As much as the kidlets and I love the Septimus Heap series, I was surprised to find out that Angie Sage had another series I'd never heard of.
It's quite a bit shorter and less complex than Magyk; it's an early chapter book geared toward younger children.
The Addams family type characters fascinated my kids, and they thought it was pretty funny. This book (and The Sword in the Grotto) kept them mesmerized for nearly five hours during our road trip from Nevada to Oregon.
It was fun to listen to, a...more
It's quite a bit shorter and less complex than Magyk; it's an early chapter book geared toward younger children.
The Addams family type characters fascinated my kids, and they thought it was pretty funny. This book (and The Sword in the Grotto) kept them mesmerized for nearly five hours during our road trip from Nevada to Oregon.
It was fun to listen to, a...more
This is an enchantingly beautifully, but straight forward, little hard back that is aesthetically pleasing to hold and which focuses on Araminta Spookie, affectionately known as Minty who lives with her Aunt Tabby. The ink drawings are certainly a winning point in the book. Her aunt Tabby is definitely not right in the head and spends a large part of the novel yelling at and complaining about the boiler in the basement of the humungus, gothic house which they share with Sir Horace, a somewhat bo...more
Feb 13, 2012
Migdalia
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children ages 7-10 who like funny, kooky adventures
Shelves:
children
This is the first book in Angie Sage's Araminta Spookie series. Left by her vampire-hunter parents with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac, Araminta is a precocious and curious girl who lives in a spooky, creepy house and is convinced that the house is haunted. Even though she has been searching for years, she hasn't found a single ghost or monster, and now she's running out of time since Aunt Tabby is fed up with fixing the boiler that breaks down all the time. No matter what she does to foil Aunt T...more
Im on pg.97 so far and i love it. This book is mostly about a girl named Araminta Spookie she lives with her aunt and uncle(Tabby,Drac) and they want to sell there big house because its only 3 people and the house is really dusty and it has alot of bats, and the bolier room is going out of control. Also, everytime a real estate person comes to the house Araminta always has a plan to mess everything up. Armainta is always messing everything up because she does'nt want to move to a small house. Al...more
From the author of Septimus Heap comes a series geared toward the 8 to 10 year old. Araminta Spookie
lives in a large old house with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac, along with some spiders, bats and an old suit of armor called Sir Horace. Araminta has always wanted to find a ghost and she believes that there is one in her house. One problem, Aunt Tabby has decided that it is time to sell the house because the boiler room has become unmanageable and she has had enough. Araminta tries to come up wi...more
lives in a large old house with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac, along with some spiders, bats and an old suit of armor called Sir Horace. Araminta has always wanted to find a ghost and she believes that there is one in her house. One problem, Aunt Tabby has decided that it is time to sell the house because the boiler room has become unmanageable and she has had enough. Araminta tries to come up wi...more
I picked this book because it is a High Interest-Low Reading Level young adult (teenage) book. Although a easy read it was full of mystery and goofiness. Araminta Spookie is a young girl who lives with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac. Araminta wants their house to be a haunted house so bad that she spends most of her time ghost hunting. Uncle Drac sleeps upside down with his pet bats all day in the boiler room. Aunt Tabby wants nothing better than to sell the house because Uncle Drac doesn't help...more
Through the years, books for pre-teens have been missed by me. I read through a bunch of Hardy Boys when I was in kindergarten, and then I dove straight into mythology and the supernatural. I skipped the books that were meant for late grade school kids, and only now as a father am I really engaging with them.
As a family, we've been focusing on the classic kids books -- like Pinnochio, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz etc. -- but Miloš & Brontë are starting to read bigger books, and we've been lo...more
As a family, we've been focusing on the classic kids books -- like Pinnochio, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz etc. -- but Miloš & Brontë are starting to read bigger books, and we've been lo...more
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Are you afraid of ghost? Well, if yes, Araminta seems to the opposite. She has been looking for her own ghost for years. She live in Spookie House, with Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac. One day, Aunt Tabby want them to move to another place. She was frustated about the boiler which likely caused troubles. She thought the Spookie House is a little bigger for three of them, she want them to move to the smaller place that she could handle.
Knowing that they have to move, Araminta arrange the plan to defen...more
Knowing that they have to move, Araminta arrange the plan to defen...more
Interest Level: 5th +
Reading Level: Easy
Genre: Adventure, Humor, Horror
Read-alike: Series of Unfortunate Events, Secrets of Dripping Fang
If you liked the "Series of Unfortunate Events" or the "Secrets of Dripping Fang", you will enjoy the "Araminta Spook" series as well. Araminta lives in a huge old haunted house and she loves it. But her aunt Tabitha is tired of everything falling apart and wants to move to town. So, after the boiler breaks down for the umptieth time, she finally decides to sel...more
Reading Level: Easy
Genre: Adventure, Humor, Horror
Read-alike: Series of Unfortunate Events, Secrets of Dripping Fang
If you liked the "Series of Unfortunate Events" or the "Secrets of Dripping Fang", you will enjoy the "Araminta Spook" series as well. Araminta lives in a huge old haunted house and she loves it. But her aunt Tabitha is tired of everything falling apart and wants to move to town. So, after the boiler breaks down for the umptieth time, she finally decides to sel...more
I picked this up off one of the carts in the backroom (of the library) and said "Angie Sage wrote books for little kids, too!!!!" (Seriously, you could hear the exclamation points in my voice.) I LOVE the Septimus Heap books, and the great thing about these Araminta Spookie books is that they are exactly the right size for my daughter right now. So I took it home and we both read it and enjoyed it. The ghosts in this series are very similar to the ghosts in Septimus Heap, all formal and true to...more
About a little girl who lives in a haunted house with her aunt and uncle. Her aunt wants to sell the house and Arminta is determined to stop it with her "aweful ambush". It is a quick, light-hearted read by not a really strong piece of literature.
I felt like the reading level didn't match very well with the interest level. It has lots of complex sentences that are supposed to add a little sass to the main character but it makes it a more advanced reading level. I would rather have children read...more
I felt like the reading level didn't match very well with the interest level. It has lots of complex sentences that are supposed to add a little sass to the main character but it makes it a more advanced reading level. I would rather have children read...more
Araminta Spookie lives in a huge house (castle?) and spends her days hunting for ghosts, which she is sure exist around every other corner though she has yet to find any. Her aunt Tabby is disgusted with the old boiler and decides to sell their house, and Araminta is determined to do everything in her power to stop it!
I listened to this book on CD. It was read by a woman and is so far one of the few books on CD read by a woman where I actually enjoyed the woman's interpretation. It is short and...more
I listened to this book on CD. It was read by a woman and is so far one of the few books on CD read by a woman where I actually enjoyed the woman's interpretation. It is short and...more
Aug 18, 2012
Little Miss and the Legomeister
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
early-chapter-books,
macabre-lite
As much as the kidlets and I love the Septimus Heap series, I was surprised to find out that Angie Sage had another series I'd never heard of.
It's quite a bit shorter and less complex than Magyk; it's an early chapter book geared toward younger children.
The Addams family type characters fascinated my kids, and they thought it was pretty funny. This book (and The Sword in the Grotto) kept them mesmerized for nearly five hours during our road trip from Nevada to Oregon.
It was fun to listen to, and...more
It's quite a bit shorter and less complex than Magyk; it's an early chapter book geared toward younger children.
The Addams family type characters fascinated my kids, and they thought it was pretty funny. This book (and The Sword in the Grotto) kept them mesmerized for nearly five hours during our road trip from Nevada to Oregon.
It was fun to listen to, and...more
satu bintang untuk kalimatnya yang lugas dan sederhana.
satu bintang untuk ilustrasinya yang bagus (agak ngingetin sama arnold si kepala rugby nickleodeon).
satu bintang untuk ide gak biasa dan keberaniannya araminta.
satu bintang untuk kerelaan paman drac sama araminta karena mau berkompromi terhadap situasi yang dihadapinya masing-masing. demi kelelawarnya, paman drac rela bantu-bantu bersihin rumah. sementara araminta, rela mengalah pada ketidaksukaannya demi bisa belajar dari wanda wizzard.
bing...more
satu bintang untuk ilustrasinya yang bagus (agak ngingetin sama arnold si kepala rugby nickleodeon).
satu bintang untuk ide gak biasa dan keberaniannya araminta.
satu bintang untuk kerelaan paman drac sama araminta karena mau berkompromi terhadap situasi yang dihadapinya masing-masing. demi kelelawarnya, paman drac rela bantu-bantu bersihin rumah. sementara araminta, rela mengalah pada ketidaksukaannya demi bisa belajar dari wanda wizzard.
bing...more
Mar 31, 2012
Rachel
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Younger readers
Recommended to Rachel by:
No one I chose it from the library
Shelves:
things-i-read-when-i-was-younger
I read this book when I was 8 when I got it from the local library. I loved the book and know coming too look back at it 4 years later, I decided to give it a review.
This book is about a girl as you might of guest called Araminta Spookie. Her Aunt Tabby wants to her house but there's a problem......it's haunted. She goes on then many adventures apart from that I can't enlighten you much more on what it was like apart from when I read it I skipped through it and then read it several more times. I...more
This book is about a girl as you might of guest called Araminta Spookie. Her Aunt Tabby wants to her house but there's a problem......it's haunted. She goes on then many adventures apart from that I can't enlighten you much more on what it was like apart from when I read it I skipped through it and then read it several more times. I...more
Summary:
This house is not for sale
Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her!
With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
Review:
A fun read - target audience is probably 8 to 10 year old children. I think my boys will like t...more
This house is not for sale
Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her!
With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
Review:
A fun read - target audience is probably 8 to 10 year old children. I think my boys will like t...more
This book is one of my favorites. It's a bit weird and you get blown while reading it. Araminta is one of my all-time favorites characters . She's very brave and .. spooky in the same time!
The characters are well-chosen , the story is great and I guess the second book will be more interesting having Wanda around :)
I recommend you this book with all my heart if you are curious about how a strange family lives! It's also a very short & easy to read book with one of the best drawings series I h...more
The characters are well-chosen , the story is great and I guess the second book will be more interesting having Wanda around :)
I recommend you this book with all my heart if you are curious about how a strange family lives! It's also a very short & easy to read book with one of the best drawings series I h...more
A mildly entertaining little novel about precocious Araminta Spookie (love the name!) trying to save her beloved family mansion from being sold. In the process of setting up booby traps, she finds out that her house truly is haunted (hooray! she really hoped it was) and makes some new friends. But her tricks on prospective buyers don't quite go the way she had hoped...
I found parts of this quite humorous and fun, and while other parts grated on me just a bit. Even if Araminta learned her lesson...more
I found parts of this quite humorous and fun, and while other parts grated on me just a bit. Even if Araminta learned her lesson...more
on a scale of one to five, i'd probably be stretching a bit to give this book a 2.5, but i'd still probably give it that, if only for the vibe that it tries (but fails) to put across. on a scale of what the stars mean when you hold the cursor over them, however, it gets two, just because "it was okay."
it's the story of a young girl (araminta) who lives in a big, supposedly spooky house with her aunt (tabby) and her uncle (drac, who sleeps upside-down in a tower with bats during the day, though w...more
it's the story of a young girl (araminta) who lives in a big, supposedly spooky house with her aunt (tabby) and her uncle (drac, who sleeps upside-down in a tower with bats during the day, though w...more
J The first in a series of books about a little girl whose aunt wants to sell their crazy, spooky house because it's too much work. For Araminta it's a wonderful home so she thwarts her aunt at attempts to hire a realtor, put up signs, etc. This had touches of humor and I think kids will enjoy all the references to haunted house stuff..the uncle that sleeps with the bats in the attic, the suit of armor that moves around the house on his own, etc. More for earlier elementary ages.
My "Haunted House" is not a "scary story," but it does entertain you with the antics of Araminta, an orphaned girl living with her aunt and uncle in a huge, cobwebby house with lots of spiders and bats. Araminta doesn't want her aunt to sell the house and tries her best to frighten any prospective buyers. Its 5.0 reading level makes it a great read for the younger students. I'm anxious to read the next book in this Araminta Spookie series to see what she's up to in it.
I read this to my kids over the weekend. I really liked it, and they did too. I picked it up because this author also wrote the Septimus Heap books, and I liked those. This one is geared much younger than those books, and is probably close to Frank's reading level, so he could probably read it on his own. I thought the story was fun, and the illustrations were equally good. There are more in this series, so we'll be reading those over the summer, I'm sure.
Araminta Spook lives with her aunt and uncle in a spooky, rundown mansion that is so big, she can have a different bedroom for each day of the week. The problem? Araminta's aunt is fed up with the boiler and wants to sell the mansion. Can Araminta foil her aunt's plans? Will she ever find a real ghost? What does that mysterious key open? Check out this first installment of the Araminta Spook series and see.
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On a side note, I was introduced to this series by one of my 5th grade boys. Once stu...more
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On a side note, I was introduced to this series by one of my 5th grade boys. Once stu...more
I really enjoyed this quick read. Its about a girl name Araminta who mom and dad went to Transvylina to do vampire hunting and never return. So now she lives with her aunt Tabithia. And Tabithia wants to sale the house cause shes tired of the stove and etc. So in this book, Araminta does everything she can to get Tabithia to keep the house.
So I cant wait to read the second book, and I know its going to be a blast like the first book
So I cant wait to read the second book, and I know its going to be a blast like the first book
Aku selalu ngiler buat baca seri Septimus Heap-nya Angie Sage, tapi tak pernah langsung menyentuh-membacanya. Tebel banget bukunya, hehehehe....
Eh, ternyata ada juga buku fantasi anak-anak karya Angie yang tipis dan cukup menghibur....serial Araminta ini. Bintang empat yang kuberikan ini, 2 untuk ceritanya...dan 2 lagi khusus buat ilustrasinya. Fiuhhh...ilustrasinya juara, deh! B.A.G.U.S. bangeth! Sumpah!
Eh, ternyata ada juga buku fantasi anak-anak karya Angie yang tipis dan cukup menghibur....serial Araminta ini. Bintang empat yang kuberikan ini, 2 untuk ceritanya...dan 2 lagi khusus buat ilustrasinya. Fiuhhh...ilustrasinya juara, deh! B.A.G.U.S. bangeth! Sumpah!
Oct 24, 2012
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
children starting to read chapter books
This is the first book in the Araminta Spookie series by Angie Sage. I discovered this book at our local library and thought it might be a fun, spooky read for our oldest. She loved it and has read through the entire series very quickly. Now I'm just trying to catch up.
The story is entertaining and fun, a little silly and an easy read. It tells of scary things, but in such a matter-of-fact manner, that they hardly seem scary at all. In fact, it's quite entertaining, in an Addams family kind of...more
The story is entertaining and fun, a little silly and an easy read. It tells of scary things, but in such a matter-of-fact manner, that they hardly seem scary at all. In fact, it's quite entertaining, in an Addams family kind of...more
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Araminta Spookie has learned from her Aunt Tabby that she plans to sell the Spookie House. Araminta does everything in her power to sabatoge the meeting with the real estate agent, interested business associates and even a well meaning family. She finally finds a ghost in the house that helps her with her Awful Ambush. Great illustrations and well meaning gestures.
I could say that I only read this book so I could help Maddie with her book report. Or I could say that I was intrigued because Maddie told me she had to read the first two chapters twice because they were "so cool". Which are both true. But these books are darling. If you are a third grader, read this series. If you are the mom of a third grader, you should read this series too.
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This is a great early chapter book series. Araminta lives with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac in a really big old house. Aunt Tabby is tired of fixing the house up so she decides to sell it. Araminta is not happy and tries to convince the buyers that her house is haunted. Unfortunately, this stirs up the real ghosts in the house. (They are nice ghosts so don't be scared)
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Angie Sage (born 1952) is the author of the Septimus Heap series which includes Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke and Fyre, the final book which is scheduled to come out later in 2013. Also, she wrote The Magykal Papers, an additional book with extra information about Septimus' world. She is also the illustrator and/or writer of many children's books, and is the new writer of the Araminta...more
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