The International House of Dereliction

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Title:

The International House of Dereliction

Author:

Davies, Jacqueline, 1962- author.

Clarion Books (New York, N.Y.), publisher.

HarperCollins (Firm)

Summary:

Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She’s lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you’re a whiz at fixing things? But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can’t take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked in the dimming light. The once-grand mansion, now dilapidated and condemned, beckons Alice; it's the perfect new repair job! As Alice begins to restore the House to its former splendor, she senses strange presences. Is there a heartbeat coming from the House’s walls? Is someone looking at her? Soon she realizes she’s not alone. Three ghosts have been watching, and they need Alice’s help to solve their unfinished business. Will Alice be able to unravel the mysteries of the House and find her forever home . . . before it’s too late? -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 8-12. Clarion Books.

Grades 4-6. Clarion Books.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Genre:

Ghost stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Juvenile fiction.

Haunted houses -- Juvenile fiction.

Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Corporate Author:

Clarion Books (New York, N.Y.),

HarperCollins (Firm)

Publisher:

Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780063258075

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Call Number:

J DAVIES

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Summary

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War series, quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to repair the dilapidated mansion next door--only to discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need mending, too!

Home is where the heart is. But can a house have a heart of its own

Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time.

She's lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you're a whiz at fixing things

But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can't take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked in the dimming light. The once-grand mansion, now dilapidated and condemned, beckons Alice; it's the perfect new repair job!

As Alice begins to restore the House to its former splendor, she senses strange presences. Is there a heartbeat coming from the House's walls Is someone looking at her Soon she realizes she's not alone. Three ghosts have been watching, and they need Alice's help to solve their unfinished business.

Will Alice be able to unravel the mysteries of the House and find her forever home . . . before it's too late

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

An indefatigable 10-year-old resolves to help the restless spirits haunting the house next door move on to the afterlife in this wholesome ghost story by Davies (The Bridge Battle). In what her mother promises will be the white-cued family's last uprooting for a while, Alice Cannoli-Potchnik and her loving parents move into a run-down house on the edge of the college campus where her mother lectures. While exploring the new neighborhood, Alice is drawn to the condemned abode next door. After fixing the residence's damaged hearth--an easy feat for handy Alice, who's helped her father fix up their last 11 homes--she finds herself in the company of several ghosts, all with unfinished business preventing them from passing on. But Alice's mission to assist her ghostly neighbors is jeopardized when a demolition crew arrives to tear the house down. Spurred by Alice's ferocious determination, this cleverly plotted genealogical mystery delves into the specters' history as much as Alice's own, culminating in an exhilarating sequence of events that proves Davies's uncanny balance of whimsy and excitement. This mesmerizing Monster House--flavored tale is packed with oodles of heart. Ages 8--12. (July)