The Old Willis Place [Hardcover]

Mary Downing Hahn (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (September 20, 2004)
• ASIN: B001E3FF70
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deep and Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review Of "The Old Willis Place", October 13, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)

Mary Downing Hahn's book The Old Willis Place, is a ghost story like no other. Hahn perfectly illustrates all mental images. You could picture exactly what Oak Hill Manor looks like, or even the Caretaker's Trailer and the River Hideout. If you are looking for a ghost story with a happy ending, then this is the book for you.
Georgie and Diana live in a tin shed in the woods by The Old Willis Place. Even though they have no parents, they still must obey the rules embedded in their minds long ago. Their favorite thing to do is to scare the Caretakers so much that they leave Oak Hill Manor; usually they are old and grumpy men. But, this time it's a middle-aged man with a daughter named Lissa. Diana does not yet know how much Lissa will change her life. Then one day, the thing that Diana and Georgie most fear is released, the ghost of Miss Lillian. She comes looking for them to punish them for what they did to her long ago.
This book will have you on the edge of your seat from the beginning to the heart-wrenching end that will emotionally slap you in the face. The Old Willis Place is an appropriate book for all ages, though it might be scary for people who thought that some of her other books like Time For Andrew and Wait Till Helen Comes were scary. This book is at the top of my list, and once you read it, it will be at the top of your list too.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling Read, March 24, 2005

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auntnancy (CHERRY HILL, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)

The following review is from my 10 year old nephew:
"This book is an amazing book with lots of scary twists inside of it....it even gave me nightmares. It is the best ghost story I have ever read. The characters were very brave and went to any lengths to sustain a friendship."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Plot and Story, July 29, 2007

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Apache Wind "Bookaholic" (Somewhere Over The Rainbow) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)

This book held you from the "get-go" and kept you caught in it's magical web of double-mirrors and fun-house antics. This is like the "I see dead people" film but in book form and not as guesome but more age appropriate. It would also make a great movie--one of the few childrens books I found complete and fully closed once it ended, and left feeling satified that I had made a good choice in purchasing it. Great book for those who like ghost stories with a twist.