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Children deal with living in a haunted house. When I was a kid, this was an unbearably spooky book.
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The Headless Cupid
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When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they're amazed to learn that she studied witchcraft. They're stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow, and surrounded by a pile of books about the supernatural.
It's not long before Amanda promises to give witchcraft lessons to David, Janie, and the twins. But that's when strange things start happening in their old house. David suspects Amanda of causing mischief, until they learn that the house really was haunted a long time ago.
Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again?
It's not long before Amanda promises to give witchcraft lessons to David, Janie, and the twins. But that's when strange things start happening in their old house. David suspects Amanda of causing mischief, until they learn that the house really was haunted a long time ago.
Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again?
6 pages, Paperback
First published July 1,1971
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6 pages, Paperback
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January 1, 1996 by Recorded Books Inc
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9780788706929
- ASIN
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0788706926
- Language
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English
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Zilpha Keatley Snyder was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.
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This one’s not so great
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Amanda was so insufferably annoying and bratty good LORD. Anyways this story follows a family of divorce that comes together through a marriage with a unique little girl named Amanda who’s a very unhappy child of divorce and is infatuated with the supernatural. Amanda has her new siblings go through different tests and what not to bring them apart of this supernatural relationship?.. anyways the Stanley kids were genuinely really fun to read about. David is such a GOOD big brother and the twins and Janie are just the most adventurous and fun kids who all get along and love to play games with their siblings
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This is a Lemony Snicket-recommended book. I overheard him and his neighbor discussing it in Poison for Breakfast. After I figured out its title and author, I became even more interested because I’d loved The Velvet Room as a child.
This book, too, is one I would’ve read and enjoyed as an adolescent, and I’m not positive I hadn’t, as its resolution seemed vaguely familiar. In that time period (early 70's) I read so many books from the library, I can’t remember them all. Master Snicket says this book was recommended to him by a “so trustworthy and so interesting” librarian, which also describes the way some readers feel about some writers.
This book, too, is one I would’ve read and enjoyed as an adolescent, and I’m not positive I hadn’t, as its resolution seemed vaguely familiar. In that time period (early 70's) I read so many books from the library, I can’t remember them all. Master Snicket says this book was recommended to him by a “so trustworthy and so interesting” librarian, which also describes the way some readers feel about some writers.
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Not quite 5 stars because of the ending. I have so many questions.
But if you’re looking for a quick read about the supernatural, magic, and poltergeists, this is the book for you.
But if you’re looking for a quick read about the supernatural, magic, and poltergeists, this is the book for you.
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This is probably the book that made me want to be a witch when I was ten
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The Stanley children don't know it yet, but they live in a haunted house.
A local handyman warns the kids that his own father was the person who carved the wooden cupid banisters, including the one with the missing head - which was chopped off by the ghost! With the help of their new stepsister Amanda who is practicing the occult, the Stanley kids hurry to find an answer to the strange things that happening around them.
A local handyman warns the kids that his own father was the person who carved the wooden cupid banisters, including the one with the missing head - which was chopped off by the ghost! With the help of their new stepsister Amanda who is practicing the occult, the Stanley kids hurry to find an answer to the strange things that happening around them.
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Very interesting read. Zilpha Keatley Snyder was one of my favorite authors as a kid, and I was glad to find this in a Little Free Library. I read for nostalgia, and to remind myself what children's books used to be like.
Weird, that's what. This book came out in 1971, when supernatural stuff really was kind of real. There's some pseudo-spiritualist hippie stuff in this book, almost like the author was trying to tell kids how to practice witchcraft. It's a fun way to remember how kids used to talk to each other and get into trouble. There isn't a whole lot of suspense. It's mainly these kids doing kooky stuff, but this is a good enough ghost story.
Weird, that's what. This book came out in 1971, when supernatural stuff really was kind of real. There's some pseudo-spiritualist hippie stuff in this book, almost like the author was trying to tell kids how to practice witchcraft. It's a fun way to remember how kids used to talk to each other and get into trouble. There isn't a whole lot of suspense. It's mainly these kids doing kooky stuff, but this is a good enough ghost story.
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