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Headless Cupid

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Zilpha Keatley Snyder is one of the unsung great childrens' writers of the 20th c. Her delicate blend of magic and realism should have earned her widespread recognition years ago. This said, discovering her books for yourself is one of those great reading pleasures.

In The Headless Cupid, Amanda, the new stepsister, arrives in the Stanley household with a chip on her shoulder and a box of cool occult paraphenelia. The four Stanley children are fascinated and a little overwhelmed--but much to Amanda's surprise, they have a little magic to offer her in return.

Mysterious, lovely, understated.

Hi, my name is Kate and I'm 13 years old. I just got done reading "The Headless Cupid" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, and I think it is an AWESOME book! I liked how Mrs. Snyder kept the book going with Blair's premonitions, Amanda's hobby, and Janie's know-it-all attitude. This was my first book by Mrs. Snyder, and it won't be the last! Right now I'm working on "The Velvet Room." (which is really good too) "The Headless Cupid" is a good book to start out on because once you find out all of the author's twists in the story, it'll leave you wanting more to read by her!

The book I just got finished reading is The Headless Cupiud.It was a great book if you thriller books.
One of the bad points in the book is that it starts off kinda slow, and someties was confusing in the middle and near the end.
The good points of the book are when a a lot of wierd stuff start happing and Molly (the stepmom) starts getting really scared and she wants to move out of the house. Another good part of the book is when Amanda starts to actally talk to her mom and offers to teach the kids about the supernatural.

i was just going through amazon to find titles of books i had read as a child. i was pleasantly surprised to find "the headless cupid" still in print. reading this book as an impressionable 7-year old in the early eighties, i wondered around the house with an aluminum foil triangle on my forehead like amanda in the story. the mysterious ending of the novel (which i won't reveal) left a chilling memory that i still carry with me today. these days, i enjoy talking to people my age and asking them what books do they best remember. "the headless cupid" is usually my favorite childhood book about which i ask.

this book is about four kids that live in this old house. Then along comes Amanda their new step-sister. She studys the supernataural,and the four other kids take lessons from her. When Amanda and her oldest step-brother find out the house was hauted at one time,they begin to wonder,has the ghost come back again?

"The Headless Cupid" by Zipha Keatley Snyder, is a book that is a real page turner. The boy in the book's new stepsister thinks of herself as a witch, but as the book proceeds you that maybe things aren't always as they seem. And in the end the stepsister may just get a taste of her own medicne. I would recommond this book to anyone who has trouble believeing that any supernatural thing is real.

This book was really good. Once I started I just couldn't put it down!

The title of this book had always gotten my attention as a kid (I'm now 28), but I never read it. On a whim, me and my girlfriend read it together--we really enjoyed it. It is imaginative, yet grounded in problems real kids face (divorce, fitting in, etc.) A very enjoyable read.

I thought it was great! It had mystery and was tricky to figure out. I thought it was the best book i have ever read. I'd recomended it to anyone!

I've read this book twice -- once when as an adolescent in the school library and recently as an adult when I found it in a bookstore. I bought it the moment I saw it. Snyder not only creates a moving, intelligent group of kids faced with real-life problems, but imaginatively works them into a compelling storyline about a ghost, a would-be witch, and a child who might be the one with the real "gift." Just as enchanting as it was in my childhood, this story continues to inspire my imagination as a fiction writer and reminds me to look beyond the wannabees to find those with real talents in life. (Hint: They are often the quietest and least expected.)

Thank you, Zilpha!