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The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall

Mary Downing Hahn

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Dec 03, 2010 Krista the Krazy Kataloguer rated it liked it

Shelves: read-goodreads-authors, read-childrens-books, read-horror-ghost-stories

I actually wanted to give this one 3 1/2 stars. I enjoyed the setting of the story and the characters more than the plot itself. Florence Crutchfield arrives at her uncle's house from the orphanage where she has lived for the past 7 years to find an aunt who doesn't want her there, a sickly, bed-ridden cousin, and the mean, vengeful ghost of her cousin Sophia, who is out to harm her sickly brother James. I have a few problems with the story. First, once Florence arrives she seems to go for days ...more

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Apr 05, 2015 Kate rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: age-middlegrade, 2015, paranormal

Florence has lived at an orphanage since the deaths of her parents, but now she learns that she has an uncle who has sent for her. When she arrives, however, she discovers that she looks very similar to Sophie, her cousin who died just a year earlier. Her Aunt says Florence will never be as good as Sophie, and Sophie's brother James won't even come out of his room. Then Florence begins to sense Sophie's presence around her...

I always have high hopes for Mary Downing Hahn's books based on my memo ...more

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Nov 02, 2012 Magda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, mystery, horror

Difficult to get a feel for the ages and historical setting of the characters. Typical Mary Downing Hahn, but thankfully not as scary as when I was nine.

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Jun 30, 2010 Chelsea rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2010, historicalfiction, middlereader, own, advance, childrens, ghosts

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. For a ghost story, it wasn't particularly scary. Now, it is a middle reader book, so take that with a grain of salt, but: I'm a huge wimp. Huge. Usually children's-book-scary is about as scary as I can take.

The actual ghost bit was pretty standard: cold spots, the feeling of someone watching you, weird whispers. But then Hahn lost what little creepy factor she had built up, because the ghost was a bratty, spoiled little girl with a mean streak.

Altogether, the book seemed disjointed. In a failed ...more

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Jun 29, 2010 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: mt-bookpile-pre-2010, old-reads

A cross between Turn of the Screw and The Little Princess/The Secret Garden with other literary references tossed in. Florence, an orphan, is rescued from her orphanage when a long-lost great-uncle finds her and brings her to his home, Crutchfield Hall. Of course, there's her great-aunt, who doesn't like her, and her sick-in-bed cousin James, and then there's Sophie, who died a year earlier... It's not too scary, but there's a definite creep factor that younger readers will enjoy.

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