Haunted Houses (Scary Places)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597165735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Is this book appropriate for children?" according to ealovitt. This well-illustrated book has been written for 9 - 12 year-olds, and the eleven stories are presented as true occurrences, in consultation with Troy Taylor, President of the American Ghost Society. Some of the photographs have been `enhanced' to make them look more frightening than they actually are. There are also pictures and drawin. "some kids are into scary stuff and like to be spooked" according to christine esposito. Right on the reading level for the age 9-12, but you know what your kid can handle when it comes to topics. Face it, some kids are into scary stuff and like to be spooked, and some kids aren't. If they are the former, then this series does the trick.. Totally Inappropriate For The Targeted Age Group D. R. Davis I am not the oversensitive overprotective parental type. BUT, my third grade daughter checked out this book from her school library and began reading the stories to me, and I was taken aback. This book includes multiple stories involving graphic descriptions of murder including bludgeonings, shootings, torture, and worse. Once I saw th
The mistress of the house, Annie Palmer, began her reign of terror at 18. This nonfiction account of a haunted house along with 10 other haunted house histories will keep young readers on the edges of their chairs, scarily awake! Haunted Houses is part of Bearports Scary Places series.. Most haunted houses were once the scenes of gruesome events or some deep human unhappiness. Thereafter, she had numerous boyfriends murdered along with two more husbands. It is said that she trained Annie in the occult. After marrying John Palmer in 1780, Annie reportedly murdered him by poisoning his coffee. As a girl, her parents had relocated from Ireland to Haiti and promptly died of yellow fever, leaving Annie in the care of a Haitian nanny rumored to be a voodoo priestess. When Annie finally died, the slaves burn