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Blending elements from classic ghost stories of the past, Mary Downing Hahn pays homage to such renowned writers as Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens while creating a bone-chilling new story of her own. And she intends to force her newly arrived cousin to help her. Sophia's ghost seeks to recreate the scene of her death and cause someone else to die in her place so that she will be restored to life. It's the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who died the year before. Florence doesn't reckon with the eerie presence that haunts the cavernous rooms and dimly lit hallways of Crutchfield. Anything will be better, Florence thinks, than the grim London orphanage she has just left. When twelve-year-old Florence boards the horse-drawn coach in London, she looks forward to a new life at Crutchfield Hall, her great-uncle's manor house in the English countryside. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Compact Disc. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. A deliciously spine-tingling tale that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy. While Hahn's literary references (including Dickens and the Brönte sisters) will likely go over the heads of the target age group, most kids will be too absorbed in the chilling atmosphere of the tale and Sophia's terrifying influence on the living world to care. Far from the angelic creature idolized by Eugenie, Sophia proves to be spiteful, manipulative, and determined to avenge her death. Sophia's ghost continues to haunt Crutchfield Hall both figuratively and, as Florence soon discovers, literally. The accidental death of James's older sister, Sophia, is believed to have triggered his current indisposition.
In addition to her genial great-uncle, the manor's residents consist of Florence's severe great-aunt, Eugenie her invalid cousin, James and a few servants. Crutchfield Hall is a gloomy old place, but after spending seven years in Miss Medleycoate's dour orphanage, 12-year-old Florence can only assume her new life there will be an improvement. Gr 4-6–Hahn hearkens back to the Gothic horror novels of the 19th century with her latest ghost story.
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