What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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The Haunted Graveyard and Other True Ghost Stories
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SOLVED. Kid's Fantasy book. Ghost girl buried in Hotel walls. Read in 1990's.
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Could this be the same book Courtney was looking for here?https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
One of the stories sounds similar....
"In this story, a boy and his parents check into a hotel. He sees a little girl in a pink party dress and is happy to have someone to play with. I think the girl comes to him in the middle of the night pulling his blankets, wanting to play, and singing "This Old Man." The next day, the boy asked the hotel owners where the little girl is so they can play together and they told him there was no little girl staying there. I think she was buried in the wall and eventually led the boy to her body. "
Rainbowheart wrote: "Could this be the same book Courtney was looking for here?https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
One of the storie..."
It must be the same story we're all remembering! It doesn't look like any of the other threads have an answer yet, but it makes me feel less crazy that we all remember it!
I found it!"The Spirit of the Waverly Inn," which appears in The Haunted Graveyard and Other True Ghost Stories
Kristen glanced toward the hallway and spotted a girl about her age in a pink party dress that flared at the waist. The girl was leaning against the wall, staring directly at her. "What about her?" Kristen innocently asked the innkeeper, pointing to the girl.
"I can assure you that no child is here or ever has been here," Mrs. Calloway said huffily. "You must be mistaken."
Then Kristen heard a strange giggle followed by a child's voice softly singing, "This old man, he played one. He played knick-knack on my thumb . . . This old man, he played two. He played knick-knack on my shoe." Kristen searched around her room, trying to find the girl.
Suddenly a loud knock came from the other side of the room. The professor walked over and put his hand on the wall. "Amanda, is your body behind this wall?"
"Here lies my daughter, Amanda Lynch. She was the sweetest girl in the world— the light of my life. I loved her with every ounce of my being. But she was cruelly snatched from me by an illness that happened so swiftly she died before I could get her to a doctor. I couldn't bear to part with her. I wanted her to be with me always. So I kept her here."
When the authorities arrived, they opened the coffin and found the body of a young girl in a pink party dress. They later determined it was Amanda Lynch.
OH MY GAWD THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm going to buy the book now! Rainbowheart wrote: "I found it!
"The Spirit of the Waverly Inn," which appears in The Haunted Graveyard and Other True Ghost Stories
Kristen glanced toward the hallway and spotted a girl about her age..."
Awesome, super glad to have helped out!
What's the Name of That Book???
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I *know* I read this in the 90's, and I think it was an anthology, but I've checked all the David Cohen and Nancy Roberts books with no leads, so I have nothing to go on other than really faulty memory.
There's a girl visiting a hotel with her parents, and she befriends another little girl who's staying there. There's a scene with the two girls playing tag and running into the dining room, only for the main girl to be told no one entered before her/there's no other kids staying.
There's also a scene where she wakes in the middle of the night (maybe multiple times) and the ghost girl in standing at the foot of the bed watching her.
They finally find the ghost girl's remains buried in the room's walls, with a note pinned to her by her mother, explaining she died of an illness and the mother panicked and entombed her.
If anyone has any leads, it'd be much appreciated. This story has--no joke--HAUNTED me for at least twenty years!