The curse of Ravenscourt : a Samantha mystery

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Title:

The curse of Ravenscourt : a Samantha mystery

Author:

Buckey, Sarah Masters, 1955- author.

Tibbles, Jean-Paul, illustrator.

Series:

American girls collection.

American girl mystery.

Summary:

When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.

General Note:

Includes historical information about New York City and its culture in the early 20th century.

Physical Description:

181 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Parkington, Samantha (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Apartment houses -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Tibbles, Jean-Paul,

Publisher:

Pleasant Co. Publications,

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9781584859871

Publication Information:

Middleton, WI : Pleasant Co. Publications, c2005.

Call Number:

J AMERICA S

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002346941	Juvenile Fiction	AMERICA S	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia's New York City brownstone is being expanded to make more room for Samantha and the three O'Malley sisters. While the renovation is underway, the family moves to an apartment on the top floor of Ravenscourt, a fashionable new 13-story apartment-hotel.- Samantha is excited about their luxurious new digs - until she learns there's a terrible curse on the building's owner, Horace Raven! Are strange things happening because of the curse or is something else scaring the residents from Ravenscourt? It?s up to Samantha and Nellie to find out! Includes a full-color - Looking Back - historical essay.