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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780380790869
ISBN number: 0380790866
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: May 01, 1997
Publishing house: HarperTrophy
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: May 01, 1997
Sale Popularity Level: 64800
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SOMETHING UPSTAIRS
The house is very, very old-built in 1789. In the kitchen there's a door that opens to a narrow flight of stairs that corkscrew up to a tiny bedroom. If you're curious, you may want to find this place and sleep there some night-even if you know that strange noises may awaken you. But that's not all. In the dark of night, you'll see a white glow, almost shiny, and two hands will rise from a dark stain on the floor...followed by two arms...a head...then a neck. The humanlike shape, radiating a soft, pale, pulsing light, will reach out to you...beckoning. DO NOT FOLLOW...or you may be trapped forever in the unknown horror of this haunted room!
SOMETHING UPSTAIRS
The house is very, very old-built in 1789. In the kitchen there's a door that opens to a narrow flight of stairs that corkscrew up to a tiny bedroom. If you're curious, you may want to find this place and sleep there some night-even if you know that strange noises may awaken you. But that's not all. In the dark of night, you'll see a white glow, almost shiny, and two hands will rise from a dark stain on the floor...followed by two arms...a head...then a neck. The humanlike shape, radiating a soft, pale, pulsing light, will reach out to you...beckoning. DO NOT FOLLOW...or you may be trapped forever in the unknown horror of this haunted room!
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I am a reading coach and used this book for summer study for dyslexic middle school students. It was recommended by Sally Shawitz in her book Overcoming Dyslexia. It proved to be quite effective. The students thoroughly enjoyed the book. Several parents came to me saying that this was the very first book they actually witnessed their young adults enjoying. The students asked to read more by this author. How wonderful!
Carolyn
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Something Upstairs by Avi is a frightening, suspenseful, and heart-pounding story about a boy that moves from California to Providence, Rhode Island, changing his life forever.
Kenny spends most of his days at the Library, interested in finding more about his new house, which dates back to the 1800s. When Kenny asks the librarian which way to the history section, he takes a wrong turn and enters a room with a very pale man by the name of Pardon Willinghast sitting in his office chair. Kenny soon finds out that Pardon Willinghast is not just a historian, as they meet again in another place and time.
Meanwhile, at home sleeping one night, Kenny hears a noise coming from the room subsequent door. He slowly creeps into the miniature room and peers inside. Kenny sees a ghost-like figure rise from the blood stain on the floor. The ghost needs Kenny's help to set him free. The quest to help save the ghost from being murdered one night, by going back in time to the 1800s, is just one of Kenny's problems. Kenny also doesn't know that the enemy is closer than he thinks.
Lucas R., Ryan I., and Helena C.
Grade 6
Ms. Kawatachi
I really enjoyed reading this book. I think it was very good and a lot of people will like it. I think the book made your mind boggle and made you wonder what's going to happen next.
-Lucas R.
Avi's writing made me feel like I was Kenny, in a time not my own trying to help some ghost that just appears in my room one night. This book just sucks you in and you will find yourself turning page by page to find out what happens next!
-Ryan I.
I enjoyed the book very much. It was a very detailed and clear page turner, and every chapter left you wanting to read more. It is one of my favorite books, and I will definitely recommend this book to anyone.
-Helena C.
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i read the book called something upstairs.this book is about a yong boy named kenny who just moves into a new house.the house is hounted and the goast needs help.kenny gose back into calebs time so find calebs merder.my favorit time in the book was when kenny gose back into calebs tome.i like this part because it describs how everything was back then.also that thats when the misteries start to happen.out of all of the books that i have read something upstairs is one of my faverits because its not boreing.In this book u never no really what is going to happen and u are always wondering how the book is goin to end.
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Moving to a nice peaceful house, maybe not. Kenny was a 13 year old boy who had just moved from a big city to a small historical town. When Kenny was exploring his room he saw two small rooms. In one of the rooms there was a stain on the floor and what kenny didn't know was at night a ghost (Caylob) comes out of the stain and haunts the the small room. That very night Kenny heard a noise in one of the rooms Kenny checked the bigger room... nothing then he checked the small room, to his surprise there was a boy about the same age crawling out of the glowing stain it was Caylob. As Caylob look's for a way out of the room Kenny talks about finding Caylob's killer and Caylob wants Kenny to help. Will Kenny regret ever trying to help Caylob or will Kenny succeed on his journey? The theme of Something Upstairs is ghost,horror or adventure. The author of my book is Avi, Avi may have written this book to tell about when he moved into a a big haunted house and there was a ghost upstairs. Many people claim they have seen the ghost! "Thes's something Upstairs." This quote is significant because it starts out the hole book and say's the title. I recommend this book to someone who likes adventure and ghost stories and maybe someone who likes to learn about grey history and slaves. Something Upstairs is a great book!
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I think that this was a good book although there was some scenes that I didn't get and wern't very exciting either but I did like the parts that had a choice to make or a part where something happened to a character.One of the choices was kill a friend or become a ghost and I really liked those of course you could always guess what would happen but it is how they turn out like it is always solved but in a complex way and so I enjoyed this book.
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