The Haunting of Granite Falls, (Paperback)

from Bestine

This is the first US edition of the tale originally published in Britain (London, McMillan Children's Books, 1987) under a different title, "The Haunting of Hiram." Whatever you want to call it, it's delightful.

from ChazziFrazz

Alexander Robert Hamilton MacBuff, laird of Carra, of Errenrig and Sethsay is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a castle in Scotland. He is an orphan who has his great-aunt Geraldine living with him. His castle is in need of repairs and there is no longer money to keep it up. He is faced with th...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

An entertaining tale of Alex the Laird of Castle Carra in Scotland (which has been relocated to Granite Falls, TX), the Castle's ghosts, and the soon to be kidnapped millionaire's daughter Helen... Bad guys, good guys, ghosts, a severed hand seeking revenge...a fun tale.

from Inky_Fingers

So clever and charming. Amazing way she has of making all her characters gruesome but not terrifying. Everything she writes is great, but this one in particular, along I think with "Dial a Ghost", has a really tight plot where everything fits together and works out beautifully.

from Inky_Fingers

So clever and charming. Amazing way she has of making all her characters gruesome but not terrifying. Everything she writes is great, but this one in particular, along I think with "Dial a Ghost", has a really tight plot where everything fits together and works out beautifully.