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15th out of 45 books
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Time Windows
When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a small Massachusetts town, she discovers a mysterious antique--a dollhouse. Through the windows, she is shocked to find what seem to be living people in the tiny rooms, and gradually she realizes that scenes from the lives of the big house’s past inhabitants are being replayed there.
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
September 1st 2000
by Graphia
(first published September 15th 1991)
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I read this back in elementary school after my mum bought it for me at a book fair, and I read it so many times that the cover fell off. Did I replace the book? Negative...I taped the cover back on, and I still re-read it to this day.
Time Windows is the story of Miranda Browne, the quintessential city girl from New York who moves to the suburbs in Massachusetts. The house is old, quaint, and everything her parents could ever hope for. Miranda isn't so sure, but she finds an antique dollhouse in...more
Time Windows is the story of Miranda Browne, the quintessential city girl from New York who moves to the suburbs in Massachusetts. The house is old, quaint, and everything her parents could ever hope for. Miranda isn't so sure, but she finds an antique dollhouse in...more
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At first I didn't think I'd like this book: it was slow moving and the writing style wasn't in my taste. A few things were pretty annoying. First off, Miranda calling her mother "Mither" was on par for me with the name abomination "Renesme" from the Twilight series. Second, Miranda seems to be written too young for her age. She seemed like she'd be about 10 or 11, but around halfway through the book, it is finally mentioned that she's 13 and starting eighth grade, not fourth or fifth like she se...more
This book was in high demand in elementary school- you had to wait on a list to check it out.
Imagine- You move into a new house. In the attic is a dollhouse replica of the one you live in, and when you look inside it, you are transported back to 1904 to see the house's creepy history play itself out.
Imagine- You move into a new house. In the attic is a dollhouse replica of the one you live in, and when you look inside it, you are transported back to 1904 to see the house's creepy history play itself out.
Feb 15, 2011
Brittini Smith
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"Time Windows" by Kathryn Reiss was my favorite book when I was in elementary school. The main character Miranda is a thirteen-year-old girl who moves into a new house with her family. The old house she has moved into houses an old dollhouse which mimics the house she now lives in. Through the windows of the dollhouse, she begins to see bits and pieces of the house inhabitants of the past. These scenes play out in the dollhouse and begin to make their way into Miranda's own life. The children sh...more
Miranda atau Mandy, harus pindah dari New York ke sebuah kota kecil bernama Garnet, Massachusetts. Ia menempati sebuah rumah besar yang sebenarnya cantik, namun entah kenapa sedikit menyeramkan. Apalagi setelah Mandy menemukan sebuah rumah boneka yang merupakan miniatur dari rumah barunya itu di sebuah loteng yang gelap dan pengap. Apalagi (lagi), Mandy menyadari bahwa rumah boneka itu berhantu!
Awalnya Mandy menyadari bahwa ada boneka penjahit di loteng itu, namun beberapa saat kemudian boneka i...more
Awalnya Mandy menyadari bahwa ada boneka penjahit di loteng itu, namun beberapa saat kemudian boneka i...more
This was my favorite book in 5th grade. I probably read it 6 times between 5th and 7th grade because I loved it so much. The concept must be appealing to kids of that age, since I have read others' reviews who all said how much they loved it when they were about 10 years old.
In short, the novel is about a girl who moves into a new home and discovers a doll house in her attic which is an exact replica of her new home. When she looks inside she sees people...and what she learns his haunting.
In short, the novel is about a girl who moves into a new home and discovers a doll house in her attic which is an exact replica of her new home. When she looks inside she sees people...and what she learns his haunting.
i've read this book before yeaaaarrrssss ago and loved it. during one of my mother's "i need to throw everything away" purges it somehow became someone else's possession. i've been looking for the book ever since. It has taken YEARS to finally find it (because i completely forgot the name of the book) and my mom finally found it for me at half priced books. (so i'll forgive her for throwing it away in the first place)soo i'm reading it again to see if i liked it as much as i did in elementary sc...more
Probably a 2.5 star, though if I had read this when I was in middle school, it would probably have received 4 stars. This fits the middle school mystery/ghost story that was popular when I was growing up. I enjoyed it for sentimental reasons and the plot was decent. (view spoiler)
I think a 4th grader and up who enjoys a fun ghost story would enjoy this.
I think a 4th grader and up who enjoys a fun ghost story would enjoy this.
Aug 12, 2010
Elizabeth Trudgeon Brown
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This was the edition I read when I was younger. I absolutely loved this book growing up and read it multiple times. The story was so intriguing to me; a dollhouse that let you see the past of your own home. Oh the mystery...and the sweet smell of magnolias.
I lent this edition out to a friend in the fifth grade and it was never returned. I just recently purchased a first edition on eBay, and all of the visual memories I held came rushing back!
I lent this edition out to a friend in the fifth grade and it was never returned. I just recently purchased a first edition on eBay, and all of the visual memories I held came rushing back!
As with all books that somehow involve time travel, I wasn't quite satisfied with the ending. Since she ended up changing the past, of course no one remembers it. If only authors could travel in time themselves to write these books, then they would be more accurate. For example, since she saved the life of a girl, then maybe the family wouldn't have moved in because the girl would own the house instead of her being dead so there was no heir.
This was a really good mystery book! When I was reading this book, I just had to figure out hte whole mystery. Near the end of hte book, I was so intrigued! I loved it! Kathryn Reiss is a really good, mystery, creepy book writer. My friend is reading one of her books, and she does not get scared by creepy books. SHe told me this was a relly good, creepy book! I totally agree with her!
Time Windows was exciting, interesting, and well written. But towards the end of the book, I took a big break from reading it after having a nightmare about it during a fever. Therefore the ending was kin of disconnected from the rest of the story. this has happened with some of the other books I've read. But time Windows was still over all suspenseful, intriguing, and a very good book.
A young girl moves with her family into an old house, and discovers a replica of the house in the attic. When she looks through the windows of the dollhouse, she can see dark, creepy scenes from the real house's past- the lives of from three different families that lived there before her. Her own mother starts behaving very strangely, and it seems to be related to the events happening in the dollhouse windows. The girl has to solve the mystery of what happened to a little girl from the early 190...more
This was a book I bought for the kids. The cover put me off a little because it looked like it would be juvenile. Once I got into it I was pleasantly suprised to be hooked. Enough supernatural to keep it interesting throughout. I realized it was and ALA best book for Young Adults and I agree that it would be a great read for probably 12 and up.
I reread this book so many times when I was younger, I couldn't begin to count. It was my favorite book for years and years, and even now, at 24, it has a space on my bookshelf for pure nostalgia value. It's creepy and clever, serious enough that I never felt like I was being talked down to, and just a little sweet!
A girl who can look through the windows of her dollhouse and see people actually living their lives... I seem to remember that what she sees either actually happened (in the past) or that her parents begin to act like the doll people - like her mother yelling, "I am not your chattel!" Interesting concept.
Enjoyable but predictable. I especially liked the ending. I thought the dollhouse aspect and seeing into the past through it was original. But nothing that happened in the book really surprised me. By the time everything happened I had figured it out already. It's a book that would appeal to 12-15 year olds. My only real complaint is I felt like the girl in the book was written a little too young for her age at times. I kept having to remind myself that she was a teenager and not a 10 year old....more
I think if I'd read this as a kid it would have seriously creeped me out. Reading it as an adult (and a mother) it mostly just made me a little sad.
I liked it well enough overall. It's a quick read, and it made me want to go back and reread the Dollhouse Murders to compare the two books.
I liked it well enough overall. It's a quick read, and it made me want to go back and reread the Dollhouse Murders to compare the two books.
As a kid, I loved books about time travel, ghosts, and awesome young heroines. This book was the epitome of all those things. A young girl moves with her family into a dusty, atmospheric old house, and she finds a dollhouse-version of it in the attic. She discovers that when she looks through the windows of the dollhouse, she can see scenes from the real house's past, enacted in miniature. And they are dark, creepy scenes. Suddenly, her own mother starts behaving very strangely, and it seems to...more
Holy cow. I read this book when I was a kid and I've been wondering for years what it was. Had trouble tracking it down because I only remembered the ending. Creepy as all get-out. Probably read this fifteen years ago and I still remember it.
I can't believe I didn't study with Kathryn Reiss at Mills College when I had the chance. What a dope. Although this novel has all the elements I love: dollhouses, time travel...it just didn't hit the mark for me. I will keep reading her work, though.
One of my favorite childhood books. I'd probably read it ten times by the time I was the same age as the protagonist. Just spend the evening rereading, and it definitely held up. It was even still kind of spooky (but I'm kind of easily spooked).
I enjoyed the "Back to the Future" aspect of this book. I thought it was well written, nicely paced, and had a great ending. I would recommend reading this if you enjoy time "possibilities". It is certainly a quick read and easy on the eyes. :)
In elementary school I re-read this book until the cover fell off. Fun and engaging this book is a training wheels version of a suspense novel. It was one of the books that got me interested in writing and history.
I know this author fairly well, but didn't take the time until now to read one of her novels. She told me this was one of her most successful. I can see why. It is a bit creepy and a bit magical. Though I also found it a bit predictable, I still enjoyed it.
I read this book as a child, and then read it again as an adult. Wow. It is such a good read; descriptive, powerful and overall overwhelming.
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Another childhood favorite, although I'd probably feel differently if I reread it now. Going to get this one for my nieces as well.
I loved this book, It was one of the first books I have read it was so good I've read it at least 7 times and I can't get enough.
Much better than the last haunted dollhouse book I read. I remember why I loved this one so much when I was little.
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Kathryn Reiss was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Ohio, and received B.A. degrees in English and German from Duke University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. After college, she lived in Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, and during this time wrote the first draft of her first novel.
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