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Eglantine (2007)

Eglantine (2007)

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3.55 of 5 Votes: 5
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ISBN
1741146585 (ISBN13: 9781741146585)
Language
English
Publisher
allen & unwin

About book Eglantine (2007)

Allie Gebhardt and her family have decided to move because they didn’t like their old house, but their opinion soon changes when they start to live in the newly renovated home in a small town. Allie Gebhardt also though that shared a room with her brother was bad but when she learns that her brother Bethan is sharing a room with a ghost she realises it’s not so bad. Allie and her family are being haunted by a ghost called Eglantine Higgins, the ghost of a young girl who used to live in their house almost a hundred years ago. When mysterious writing on her brothers wall and will not go away after numerous coats of paint, Allie becomes detective in this tale and becomes determined to get to the bottom of it. When Allie and her family gets attention from people in the neighbourhood and even the local newspaper, they realise just how strange their house and the ghost is and want to find out what’s going on. This much loved and very entertaining ghost tale is aimed towards children the ages of 8-12 years old. This book reaches out to children from the ages of 8-12 because it leaves some unanswered questions, some that can be filled by the imagination of a child and it is not too long that the kid gets bored. This book is also written in the language that anyone above the 8 year old mark can read easily but still has the same impact of a full novel. At first I was a bit iffy about this book that started off a little boring but as I kept reading if finally got to be a very interesting novel. I would recommend this book to anyone that’s in for a very quick read and wants a good book. I enjoyed this book very much. I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

I liked the part when she is stolen

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Audiobook. It's a very short story, listened to while I was road tripping. It spends a lot of time working through possible real world explanations, which honestly I find tedious. This book isn't too bad about it, but it annoys me in books where they are obviously going to find out that it's really paranormal. Just don't bother, you know? If you're going to Scooby-Doo it, and it really is the guy who runs the theme park wearing a scary mask, then it's totally worthwhile. Otherwise you're just chewing up pages of book unnecessarily to come to a tediously obvious conclusion that none of it worked.Anyway, this is set in Australia which is a nice change of pace for most books I read, and has actually sensible advice for what to do in a ghost haunting. And the ghost isn't a scary one, and the logic keeping a lid on things makes it seem like fun to imagine a ghost in your house. Not a bad kids book.I remember really enjoying her Pagan series although not enough about them to give them star ratings, I must have been a teenager. If I ever get a chance to re-read them I'll add them to my read list. This didn't hit any of my buttons the way that did but I can see it being some grade 3 reader's favourite book for a year.
—Vorbis

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