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Sleepy Hollow: A Novelization (Includes the Classic Short Story)

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This book will leave you guessing, untill the near end of the book, of who is controlling the Headless Horseman, who stole his head from the grave? This book get's creepy during the middle of the book. It makes you think during the night. I recommend this book for all who love to be scared.

Sleepy Hollow is my favorite movie. At the time I started reading this book, I had seen it 42 times; the movie already having debuted in movie theaters over a year ago. I've read quite a few books on the movie and the original story, and this book including both certainly is worthy of your money. I couldn't put it down and I finished it in a day. It has the same plot, of course, as the movie; but with more insight. You get into the characters' heads and know what they're thinking. There is much detail cut out of the movie that is revealed here; so many things in the book you pick up that would be otherwise impossible to learn through the movie. I strongly reccomend this book to anyone - whether you have seen the movie or not. And the original Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving that is included is an added bonus!

This book is about a mystery of a killer. There are three bodies that turn up beheaded and no one knows who the killer might be. A frail schoolteacher from the town of Sleepy Hollow named Ichabod Crane goes out on a journey to try and find out who the killer might be. He is surprised to find out that the killer is actually someone that returned from the dead to seek revenge upon the town. Ichabod Crane is sets out to hunt down the headless horseman that has killed many people. The daughter of the host he is staying with that he is determined to marry accompanies him. He thinks he can beat the horseman by using his brain and they set out on a journey full of spook to try and beat the horseman at his own game.
This book is really great for children because it is a mysterious tale that many children can get into. This is a book that can be for adults but it is written in a way that children can read it and love it as well. It keeps kids thinking and wondering what is going to happen next. This is something that a book should do because it keeps kids interested and into the book.

This is definately a must read book. It's filled with mystery, romance, witch-craft, suspence, and horror. Ichabod Crane is a crime scene detective from New York, but when he ventures out of the big city into Sleepy Hollow he gets more than he bargains for. Each night the heads rolled and the Headless Horseman carfully chose his victims. Will Ichabod ever find out the Horseman's motives? You will find out in the climactic ending of this exciting tale.

This is a definate must read book. It's filled with mystery, romance, witch-craft, and suspence. Ichabod Crane is a crime scene detective from New York, but when he ventures out of the big city into Sleepy Hollow he gets more that he bargains for. Each night the heads rolled as the Headless Horseman chooses his victims. Will Ichabod ever find out the Horseman's motives? You will find out in the climactic ending of this exciting tale.

i love this story. it's always been my favorite short story, and since johnny depp is my favorite actor, christina ricci my favorite actress, and Tim Burton one of the best directors ever, of course i loved the movie, too. i hadn't read this adaptation before, and even though i didn't like the way is was put together as much as the original, is was all in all a great book. YAY!

Sleepy Hollow (the new version) was a very exciting tale. It is quite different from the original version yet contained more thrilling events. The beginning was a little slow but the last couple chapters wizzed by. The original story was short and could have elaborated more on the last scene to make it better. All in all it was a good novel

My all time favourite movie - I thought that this would be money worth spent because it comes with the original story. Only problem is Amazon don't have this in stock anymore so I was directed to buy it second hand. It came much much cheaper, 15 cents, in all right condtion but the pages were rotted a bit.

The book was poorly written, it lacked detail and dicriptions of the wonderful landsapce of the story and just focused on the plot and the dialouge.

And the original story is enough to make anyone go to sleep.

This book is awesome for one who enjoyed Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, and are interested of reading the Washington Irving story which the movie was based upon. That is what happened with me. And you can't go wrong for this great price you can get both.
Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton the book has much added dialogue and scenes that wern't seen in the movie, and Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a timeless classic but it didn't intrigue me as much as Tim Burton's version.

Ok I got this 2 days ago and I finished it yesterday. I couldn't put it down for one second. I have already seen the movie before I read this it had me picturing everything from the movie in me head. If you havn't seen the movie then you could probly picture it in your head. It is a must have book. After I had finshed it I was afrid that the hoursman was coming to get me, thought I know it's not real but the book made it seem real