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The Haunting

Joan Lowery Nixon

1998184 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Delacorte Press · 184 pages · ENGISBN 9780385322478
  • 2000Thorndike Press · 231 pages · ENGISBN 9780786227396
  • 2000Dell Laurel-Leaf · 184 pages · ENGISBN 9780440220084
  • 2005Yearling · 184 pages · ENGISBN 9780440420026
  • 2007Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9780307433916
  • 2005Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417713073
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613283700
  • 1999Perfection Learning PreboundISBN 9780756902599

Fifteen-year-old Lia comes from a long line of courageous women, dating back to a Civil War survivor who single-handedly saved her Louisiana plantation house, Graymoss, from destruction. But Graymoss is haunted by a terrible evil.With clues from a diary and Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Lia, who doesn't feel as if she's inherited any family genes of courage, must figure out what--or who--the evil wants. When Lia's parents decide to move into Graymoss, Lia isn't sure how to convince them to change their minds. But it's up to her to chase away the horror lurking inside the old house. Can she find the courage to deal with a noisy ghost who wants vengeance?From the Hardcover edition.

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Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesJustice
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