The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House - Spooky Mystery Novel for Halloween Reading & Book Club Discussions
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Maureen Swanson is the scourge of the neighborhood. At age nine, she already has a reputation as a hard slapper, a loud laugher, a liar, and a stay-after-schooler. The other kids call her Stinky. So sometimes when Maureen passes the crumbling (and haunted?) Messerman mansion, she imagines that she is Maureen Messerman–rich, privileged, and powerful. Then she finds a way into the forbidden, boarded-up house. In the hall are portraits of seven young women wearing elaborate gowns and haughty expressions. Maureen has something scathing to say to each one, but then she notices that the figures seem to have shifted in their frames. So she reaches out her finger to touch the paint–just to make sure–and touches . . . silk! These seven daughters of privilege are colder and meaner than Maureen ever thought to be. They are wicked, wicked ladies, and Maureen has something they want. . . .
Customer Reviews
When I read this as a middle-schooler, it was super creepy and scary, and definitely stuck with me. Rereading it as an adult, I appreciated the writing style and the more philosophical aspects. This book will appeal to pre-adolescents with vivid imaginations. The heroine is an extremely ordinary girl, a bit of a misfit who is definitely not beyond redemption. The time-traveling will appeal to anyone who has ever wished that they lived in a simpler time. And the wicked ladies are just deliciously evil, self-absorbed, and hedonistic. There is also a vein of humor that runs throughout the book.Some of the books I read as a child have not held up, but this one certainly does. I also learned by reading the author's bio that she wrote the play on which the famous Jimmy Stewart movie "Harvey" is based, which I thought was pretty cool.
