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Moondial
A time travel book. Or is it a haunting?
Minty believes she is a witch - not the type you would notice ordinarily - - she appears to be like anyone else but is quite used to seeing phantoms floating about the place, and thinks it is perfectly normal. Minty is very determined as well, which is just as important because when she goes to stay with her aunt in the village of B...more
Minty believes she is a witch - not the type you would notice ordinarily - - she appears to be like anyone else but is quite used to seeing phantoms floating about the place, and thinks it is perfectly normal. Minty is very determined as well, which is just as important because when she goes to stay with her aunt in the village of B...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
February 1st 1988
by Puffin
(first published January 1st 1987)
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Oxford bookworms library, level 3.
Time: 10/20 30minutes 10/23 30 minutes : 10/24 60minutes
7words: children-girl-boy-ghost-mother-hospital-uncanny
Discussion question
1. This book is about ghost. Do you believe it?
No,because I haven't seen it , sometimes my friend say "I saw like ghost!" but I think it will be different.
2. If you meet ghost, what do you do? Can you talk?
Yes, I want to talk and shake hand, because I want to make sure whether ghost has hands or not.
This book is not good for me, thi...more
Time: 10/20 30minutes 10/23 30 minutes : 10/24 60minutes
7words: children-girl-boy-ghost-mother-hospital-uncanny
Discussion question
1. This book is about ghost. Do you believe it?
No,because I haven't seen it , sometimes my friend say "I saw like ghost!" but I think it will be different.
2. If you meet ghost, what do you do? Can you talk?
Yes, I want to talk and shake hand, because I want to make sure whether ghost has hands or not.
This book is not good for me, thi...more
-Publisher: Oxford Level 3
-Time: 140min.
-7 word summary: ghost - time - travel - statue - game - devil - survive
-Discussion Question
1. Have you ever seen or felt ghost?
A. Actually, no. But i believe ghosts.
2. This story is a little related to Halloween, and many children disguise to frighten the main characters, so have you ever disguised the whole bodies?
-Time: 140min.
-7 word summary: ghost - time - travel - statue - game - devil - survive
-Discussion Question
1. Have you ever seen or felt ghost?
A. Actually, no. But i believe ghosts.
2. This story is a little related to Halloween, and many children disguise to frighten the main characters, so have you ever disguised the whole bodies?
-OXFORD, level 3.
-Time: 10/8 = 10 minutes; 10/9 = 90 minutes; 10/10 = 60 minutes.
-7-word summary: sundial - witch - garden - time - ghost - gravestone - devil
-Discussion questions:
1. Do you believe sixth sense?
No, because I've never feel ghost or something like that.
2. Do you want to slip back in time to past?
No, because it is terrifying to became not be able to turn back.
-Time: 10/8 = 10 minutes; 10/9 = 90 minutes; 10/10 = 60 minutes.
-7-word summary: sundial - witch - garden - time - ghost - gravestone - devil
-Discussion questions:
1. Do you believe sixth sense?
No, because I've never feel ghost or something like that.
2. Do you want to slip back in time to past?
No, because it is terrifying to became not be able to turn back.
-Level
Oxford 3
-Time
120min
-7words
girl/ghost/different/century/sundial/devil/back
-Question
1) The main character can see ghost. Do you have inspiration?
- No, not at all! I have never seen ghost, so I can't believe ghost exist.
2) The main character recorded her voice for her mother who lost consciousness. What do you think is the good way to make these people wake up?
- I agree with her idea. I think talking to these people is good even If there is no response.
I like horror story, so I chose this boo...more
Oxford 3
-Time
120min
-7words
girl/ghost/different/century/sundial/devil/back
-Question
1) The main character can see ghost. Do you have inspiration?
- No, not at all! I have never seen ghost, so I can't believe ghost exist.
2) The main character recorded her voice for her mother who lost consciousness. What do you think is the good way to make these people wake up?
- I agree with her idea. I think talking to these people is good even If there is no response.
I like horror story, so I chose this boo...more
Enjoyable YA time travel novel with a reverse spin of supernatural tint. The atmosphere is quintessential English and often chilling. I read this in my teenage years and couple of decades later, I still have vivid memories of this magical story.
A young girl called Minty lives at an old house.
At night she meets two Victorian kids who
tell a story of what happened to them.
With the power of the moondial she travels
back in time on a dangerous mission to help
the children.
At night she meets two Victorian kids who
tell a story of what happened to them.
With the power of the moondial she travels
back in time on a dangerous mission to help
the children.
I read this book in middle school.. I think seventh grade.. And I still remember this book so well. This is on my list of books that I can't wait for my girls to be old enough to read:)
A good starting point for young people looking at the James Herbert / Stephen King section in their peers collections but are still too young to read those books.
not an amazing book, but having actually been to belton house & having seen the moondial, i had to read this. missed the bbc series on pbs, but will look for it on line. should be worthwhile just to see where it was filmed.
This is a very rare example of the TV series being better than the book. Perhaps Helen Cresswell always intended to adapt it?
I picked it up again after seeing a re-run of the BBC adaptation. A very enjoyable children's book.
I loved the telly series when I was young and it was great to finally read the book
I love this Time Travel Book.
This book was about a girl name Minty Cane, who can actually see phantoms. Now, she is staying with her aunt in the village of Belton, and she can sense that there is some kind of secret hidden in this vill. She tries to figure out the secret, and she finds a moondial that can time-travel her into the time of big secrets! It was a great story, but more of an easy book for me. It was fun reading it though. :)
I watched the children's TV series and wanted to find it what happened. A great story, pity the ending wasn't explained a little but more even though the implication was clear.
i love ghost stories,but not over the top horror ones.this i liked.
Booklist Children's Editor's Choice, 1987
This book is weird and wonderful! Try reading it!
Another childhood favourite, both the book and the TV series enchanted me, and gave me a love for children's fiction that has never gone away.
Books like Moondial made us believe we could have amazing adventures when we grew up. Now we are grown up we long for those lost opportunities, the mystery and adventure in other realms that we should have had.
Why can't life be more like a children's adventure novel. *le sigh*
Books like Moondial made us believe we could have amazing adventures when we grew up. Now we are grown up we long for those lost opportunities, the mystery and adventure in other realms that we should have had.
Why can't life be more like a children's adventure novel. *le sigh*
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