FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While waiting for renovations to be completed to their future home, the O'Malley sisters move into Ravenscourt, but when a terrible curse falls on the building's owner, Horace Raven, it is up to Samantha and Nellie to find out if the troubles are because of the curse or something more earthly.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Great mystery for Samantha fans.,
This review is from: The Curse of Ravenscourt: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)
When Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia decide to do some renovations on their house, the family -- which includes Samantha and her adopted sisters Nellie, Bridget, and Jenny -- temporarily moves to Ravenscourt, an elegant new apartment building. However, soon after the family moves into Ravenscourt, things begin to go wrong. Samantha hears rumors of a curse on the building's owner, and begins to wonder if it's responsible for the strange happenings. Then Uncle Gard has to leave on business, and soon after Aunt Cornelia leaves as well, supposedly to visit her mother in Connecticut. Samantha begins to wonder if Aunt Cornelia lied about her reasons for leaving, but if she feared the dangers of Ravenscourt, how could she leave her adopted daughters there? Samantha decides she must find out the truth about what is happening at Ravenscourt before something goes even more terribly wrong.This is a nice mystery that will be enjoyed by the many girls who are fans of the American Girls, especially those whose favorites are Samantha and Nellie. The longer length of this book will be appreciated by girls who are beginning to outgrow the regular American Girls books. The story will also be enjoyed by young readers who haven't read other American Girls books, but who enjoy historical mysteries. And as someone who grew up reading American Girls books, including those about Samantha, I really enjoyed revisiting one of my favorite childhood characters.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Why the Seance Info?,
By Historylover "A Reader" (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Curse of Ravenscourt: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)
If you like Nancy Drew, you'll like this book. It may be just a tad simple for the Nancy Drew crowd, but it's well enough written that it's an entertaining read. Definitely aimed at preteens. I just want parents to be aware that there is a looking back section at the end of the book that discusses ghosts and seances. It has NOTHING to do with the storyline, but if you would be offended by your daughter discovering this stuff in an American Girl book, this is not the book for you.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
awsome book !! a kid,
This review is from: The Curse of Ravenscourt: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)
This book rocked!! i dont recomend childeren under8 to read this before bed.When i read it the first time i was at my grandmas and when the book said the door opened by its self and a piese of paper floted in and landed on the dresser my door closed by its self.also it said a rat got in a wall, and the walls at my grandmas started creaking. so i dont recomend this for a bed time story.I thoght it rocked. and i also recomend every ag book.
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Eleven-year-old Samanth Parkington sighed as she looked down the darkened second-floor hall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Cornelia, Uncle Gard, Miss Raven, Grandma Kildany, Central Park, New York, Eloise Raven, Sherlock Holmes, Uncle Mike New!
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Eleven-year-old Samanth Parkington sighed as she looked down the darkened second-floor hall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Cornelia, Uncle Gard, Miss Raven, Grandma Kildany, Central Park, New York, Eloise Raven, Sherlock Holmes, Uncle Mike New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New York, New York by Elizabeth Hawes in Back Matter
- A Spy on the Home Front: A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Alison Hart in Back Matter
- New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City (1869-1930) by Elizabeth Hawes in Back Matter
- Enemy in the Fort (American Girl History Mysteries) by Sarah Masters Buckey in Back Matter
- The Silent Stranger: A Kaya Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Janet Shaw in Back Matter
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