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The Wrong One [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Carol Otis Hurst (Author)

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May 12, 2003 8 and up4 and up
Times were tough for the Spencer family. After their father died, Kate, Jesse, and their adopted sister, Sookan, had to move with their mother from Brooklyn to a dilapidated farmhouse in western Massachusetts. Everyone except Sookan hated it; she hadn’t lived in Brooklyn long enough to miss the house there, but the rest of them hoped the move would be only temporary. But Mrs. Spencer’s business is slow to get off the ground, and the repairs to the house are expensive, so finances are tight. Suddenly they’re facing the possibility of losing their rundown farmhouse, too.
Then Jesse discovers an old doll hidden up in the barn rafters. Despite Sookan’s cryptic protests that it’s the wrong one, they all hope its sale could bring in some much-needed cash. But when an eerie blue light appears, odd things begin to happen—things it touches become cold, TVs turn themselves on, objects show up in unusual places—even homework problems are solved! Could the blue light be a ghost? What other secrets does the old farmhouse hold? As Kate, Jesse, and Sookan try to solve these mysteries and adjust to their new life, they may just find the real treasure they are looking for—a place to call home.

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Grade 4-6-After their father passes away and the family's finances crumble, Kate, 11, and Jesse, 8, are forced to move with their mother and newly adopted sister, Sookan, 5, from their beloved Brooklyn home to a fixer-upper farmhouse in Massachusetts. While the family works to build a new life and put their creaky home in order, strange things happen. Sookan refuses to go into her room, televisions turn on by themselves, and a strange blue light appears. When Jesse finds an old doll in the rafters of the barn, the Spencers hope that selling it will help solve their money problems, but the five-year-old insists that it is "the wrong one." Then, a doll she retrieves from a hole in the kitchen wall on another occasion turns out to be worth a fortune. Readers will enjoy this light story with its endearing family and eerie ghost, whose origins remain a mystery to puzzle over as Hurst resists the temptation to explain away the supernatural in the end.
Heather Dieffenbach, Lexington Public Library, KY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Gr. 3-6. After the death of their father, the Spencer children (Kate, Jesse and Sookan) and their mother relocate from Brooklyn to a run-down farmhouse in western Massachusetts. The move is a difficult one, with many strange things that make everyone uneasy--a chilly blue light, a television set that turns itself on and off, wallpaper that spooks Sookan, and an old doll that she insists is "the wrong one." Luckily, the antique toys that the children find bring in needed cash to help the family through a financial crisis, and Agatha Paran, a doll collector who claims to have lived in the farmhouse many years before, provides a few insights into the house's mysteries. Careful readers may be frustrated by the many loose ends: Why did the ghost contact Sookan? What was so terrifying about the wallpaper? And, why is this family so accepting of life in a haunted house? Still, large print and short chapters make this a quick read, and children looking for a not-too-scary-ghost story will be sufficiently entertained. Kay Weisman
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