Mary’s family has moved into a huge Victorian mansion. She loves her gigantic new house, especially her room. But then she begins to meet the house’s other residents.
Mrs. Murray was murdered in Mary’s new house. At first she tries to scare the new residents away, but there seems to be a force connecting the ghost to Mary.
Even the stranded Brownies, the little people who live between the walls, feel that connection. When Mary becomes deathly ill, the Brownies and the ghost team up to try to rescue her, only to encounter a witch and her evil minions. Time is running out. They must rescue Mary from a fever-induced dream world before she is trapped there forever.
Emily-Jane Hills Orford is an award-winning author of several books, including Gerlinda (CFA 2016) which received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, To Be a Duke (CFA 2014) which was named Finalist and Silver Medalist in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. She writes about the extra-ordinary in life and her books, short stories, and articles are receiving considerable attention. For more information on the author, check out her website at: http://emilyjanebooks.ca
This was a really good book!! Nope I am not in the middle grades but I enjoyed this book. This is a really great version of a haunted house story. The story is a fun adventure. I really enjoyed Emily-Jane Hills Orford writing. Like I said this is for middle grade readers but people of all ages will enjoy it.
The star of the book is Mary. Mary is 10 years old. Her family just moved into a new home and it is haunted. Mrs. Murray is the resident ghost but there are also Brownies in the house. Nope not the chocolate kind, but more or less the fairy kind. When Mary comes down with influenza everyone must work together, human, Ghost, and Brownies, to save her.
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