The Old Willis Place : A Ghost Story (Hardcover)

from Hailey.Parker1234

The book Old Willis Place is about a girl named Diana and her brother, their mom died in a house fire when they were five. Ever since then they have lived in the woods and their is a hounted house in the yard named willis place. A little girl named lily Comes along and Diana wants to be friends w...

from PatriciaUttaro

The Old Willis Place: a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn - It's been awhile since I read Hahn's earlier ghost story, Wait Till Helen Comes, but that story made such a shivery impression on me that I had to read this new one when it came across my desk the other day. And I wasn't disappointed. Hah...

from ZoeSNicholson

WOW! What an amazing, well written story!The author has some great imagery in the book; it's one of those books that I could close my eyes and picture it happening. I enjoyed how Downing created "two" points of view (Diana is the narrator, and Lissa's diary is occasionally thrown into the story)....

from Sasha_Doll

The plot is summarized in other reviews. I gave it 5 stars because of its author, not because it's my very favorite ghost story Hahn has written. Even her more minor books, such as this one, are superior to most all other writers of ghost stories for this age group. As an adult, and having loved ...

from moonshineandrosefire

The dilapidated Victorian house is empty, yet full of secrets. The locals call it 'The Old Willis Place', and it seems as if the decaying mansion has been there for years. Diana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the house for quite a while now - sometimes it hone...