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The Trespassers

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The Trespassers is a wonderful book. I very much enjoyed it. It is about a girl,Neely;and her brother Grub(Gregory).They find a way into a beutiful old house. Halcyon House was named so because Harold Huchinson the first came to live there in hope of peace and tranquility.Instead terrible things happen.For many years the old housewas deserted ;but Neely and Grub play in it.Yet... is it safe?

The Trespassers


This is a book about a pair of kids how encounters a haunted house. The sister and brother explore the grove or forest near there house. On the other end of the forest is an old abandoned home, the Halycom house. When Grub thinks he encounters a ghost they run from the house. When they don't come back thoughts of the ghost draw them back to the house. That's when they finally find the real ghost of the halycom house. I liked the trespassers. There was a lot of story in the book. The characters such as Nelly are very well developed and defined. And the house of course actually seems like a haunted entity in itself.
The story was extravagant! The action felt real and the danger was one step behind you at all times. The action scenes where Grub has to slide down the unstable vine and Nelly falls while going to the window are frightening. Or the time the meet Reuben for the first time, when he comes back to the house early. And another exiting part is when Nelly almost drowns at her friend Mimi's house.
Another great reason the book deserves to be read is the characters. The author has a great sense of character development. Grub is a naive but still caring person. He has a great love for animals and is see him being a veterinarian in the future. And you can't leave out Nelly. I would consider her a mother to Grub or at least parental figure. She almost always knows the right thing to do and has a great gut sense. And Reuben at first seems like a villain or evil person but eventually turns into a nice, respectable man.
And my last reason for liking this book is the house. I would almost consider it a character because it seems like a walking talking person. It would probably be in my case considered the villain. Even though the house is not only fiction but also turns out to not be haunted, but I think it really is possessed like a gate way to somewhere bad. The house in description seems like the Stephen king wrote about with the rooms adding and subtracting everyday.
I liked this book because of the characters, the house, and of course the story. I think that it would be better if the house actually in a sequel did turn out to be haunted. Or even better a carnival attraction. It would be great if the author made a sequel. It's a great action novel, and I believe a younger audience would adore this book.



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Zilpha Keatley Snyder has the distinct achievement of three Newbery honor and ALA notable books. And, while The Trespassers is not one of her award-winners, it certainly is well worth the time spent in reading.

The setting is the coast of Northern California where high up on the cliff is an old, beautiful mansion. A sister and a brother who live nearby are fascinated with the stories surrounding this marvelous empty castle-like structure. Climbing a trellis the children enter the abandoned house wherein they find a beautiful play room filled with antique toys.

Shortly thereafter members of the rich family move into the mansion, including the creepy, emotionally disturbed grandson of the original builder.

There is suspense and a presumption of haunting, but truly the story is not portrayed in a hokey, silly manner. Rather, there is a deep abiding love between brother and sister and a protectiveness that shines through.

A quick, delightful read that is fun. I'll now look for the author's Newbery honor books.

This was definitely an awesome book. It was realistic, yet scary -- it shows how real life, curiosity, and the "boy nextdoor" can turn on you when you least expected them to... You MUST read it!

THE TRESPASSORS is full of the sort of carefully chosen subtleties and questions that in no way insult the intelligence of its target audience. The sibling dynamic of Neely and Grub is INCREDIBLY poignant and well-written. The author excells in her depiction of an adolescant world with one foot in reality and the other in imagination and doubt. A real page-turner, too! My only complaint is, I felt the story fizzled in the end, settling for a lesson-in-a-paragraph approach. However, the closing paragraph is wonderful, it's been a while since I closed a book with such a smile on my face. RECOMMENDED!

a great book about a gitl and her brother a a lot of trouble they get in going in a privet house must read you will like it

An amazing story about a girl and her younger brother. One summer they find a way to get into Halcyon House. They have lots of fun and get into the middle of a lot of myteries. This is a great novel for kids.Read this book ,it was great!