What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Ghost children- an angry mother they had to hide from; girl had to clean up [s]
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May 17, 2011 03:38PM
Okay, this is going to be really vague, sorry. The title may have had the words blue and gate. It's about a ghost girl and boy who are still wandering around....this house and the woods around it? I remember a description of the girl where she came out of the water and she was dirty and her hair was tangled with dirt and twigs and leaves. I could never figure out if they were really dead or not because they spoke of an angry mother coming back who they had to hide from. Then there's a part where the girl cleans up because they decide to....go steal something from the mother's room or go for a walk? At any rate she finally decided to clean up after many years. I think their real parents may have died. It was confusing because, again, I couldn't tell who was dead. I never got to finish the book because a substitute teacher was reading it to us. I just remember I was really enjoying what she was reading.
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No, it's about a brother and sister who are in the woods or their old house.
How long ago did you read this?
That would be helpful if we knew how old you were now....
Not too long ago another poster asked about a book involving ghost children. Give me a minute and I'll see if I can find it.
Okay - the earlier poster was looking for The Mystery at Kickingbird Lake, which is the start of a series. So it could maybe be a different one.
It could be it, but the book I remember seemed more serious. I also think the cover was a shiny dark blue, with hardly anything on it.
Covers frequently change as different editions are published so I'd never go just by cover.Check it out, Eeiko, and return and let us know. Thanks.
The one thing that shot into my mind was "Lost Boy Lost Girl" by Peter Straub - haven't read it, though, and I don't think a teacher would read an adult author like Straub to kids that young. Then again, what Eeiko described sounds pretty mature, though. Anyone read this?
Possibly The Old Willis Place,
, by Mary Downing Hahn.
The Old Willis Place sounds pretty close.
The Old Willis Place is probably it. There are woods and a pond and the children are afraid of a lady, like I remembered. Yep. I'll mark this as solved. Thanks!
You're welcome! It sounded like a Mary Downing Hahn kind of book. :)
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