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"I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died."
Now that will surely get the attention of a ghost story lover...and it certainly got mine. Sarah's mother returns to Amber House for her mother's funeral. She has always had equal parts of hate and fear of Amber House and can't wait to leave. However Sarah... who is just shy of sixteen... has an entirely different view of the house. For Sarah and her six year old autistic brother, Sam... the house takes on a mysterious and haunting quality. It's almost like it's alive and has been waiting for her to come home. The walls of the house are rumored to hold a treasure of diamonds which intrigues Sarah and her new friend Richard but it also holds ghosts that quickly let Sarah know that only she can fix the mistakes of past generations and if she doesn't do this soon they will all be trapped with no way back.
Amber House is a mixture of all the elements that make up a good ghost story.
