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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.


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The Wicked Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House Mary Chase Peter Sis 9780375825729 Books Reviews

Okay, first, my 5 star rating is based on my memories of having read this as a child. I'm so excited to have finally found it on as I think my daughter would enjoy it! I couldn't quite remember the title, but just received a copy of The Penderwicks I had ordered from , and the title was in a list of books in the front. I'm going to order it and hopefully it will live up to my memory of it.
I read this book in the 3rd or 4th grade and loved it (although under a different title--The Pigeon Ladies in the Garden), so I was excited to find and read it again. Lovely tale about a naughty girl who gets the lesson of her life--be careful what you wish for! I look forward to passing it along to my grandkids in a few years.
A great book. Not scary and easy to follow. Little Maureen Swanson is no match for the seven wicked, wicked ladies!
Many years ago I read this book in Elementary School, and absolutely loved it. It is great to find it available again. It was a scholastic book
Read this book originally when I was younger and it seemed so much longer then. Saw this on and thought I need to buy this to reread so I can see if maybe my grand-niece would like it too. It's still a very good book. I do wish it was longer or I could find out what happened to the wicked ladies afterwards but still a good quick read.
I read this book more than thirty years ago when I was still in grade school -- I ordered it through one of those scholastic book catalogues they used to distribute in class -- and it quickly became one of my favorites. I read it several times again over the next few years, and then went on to other books. But not too long ago I started thinking about some of the books I had loved as a girl and this book came immediately to mind. Turned out that it was no longer in my collection (that is what happens when you move every few years). So I looked for it on , bought it, read it the very night I received it . . . and fell in love with it all over again. Sure, it was not as scary as I remembered, nor as lengthy, either (it took me about an hour to read), but the story gallops along, the plot is fairly sound, and the central character is surprisingly real. I am glad I have a copy of the book once more, and I plan to keep it in my collection from here on out.
Wow, interesting how many reviews start off "I read this when I was a kid..", well, me too. This is one of a half-dozen books I read as a kid that have stuck with me, and probably the only one that >really< scared me! Just finished it again, a walk down memory lane. I have to take issue with some of the harder critiques just below. In particular, that Maureen does not understand right away that she has gone back in time, at a certain point. Well come on. She's what, 9? And -truth be told- doesn't seem like the brightest bulb to begin with. I think it is perfectly reasonable and consistent that she thinks she has simply wandered into a strange (very strange!) part of town. Also, the timeslip is not modern sci-fi, it is the working of dark magic. Perhaps the confusion is just part of the spell!

I also must take issue with the notion that the story is shallow. It is certainly profound, at least profound enough for the target age group. It certainly addresses the wickedness of selfishness and vanity, to the degree that Maureen finally sees what a terrible person she could become, and realizes she doesn't like that she repents and reforms.

I am particularly intrigued by the character of the leprechaun, called "The Leaper." I believe he is the type of character known to folklore as "the trickster," someone who is not necessarily good or evil, but who provides the means by which certain story elements play out. Often a catalyst, in the sense that he is not himself touched by the story. The most famous trickster in American story is Brer Rabbit from the Uncle Remus stories (although he is himself definitely a participant.) Interestingly, Rabbit's nemesis, the fox, is the usual European trickster animal. Another famous iteration is Uncle Drosslemeyer in "The Nutcracker," the mysterious character who is the source of Clara's magical adventure just as The Leaper's stolen bag of tricks is what brings Maureen back to the 19th century. And, in perfect Trickster character, at one point he "hides" in plain sight from the eyes of modern police by simply sitting still and appearing to be a statue. Wow. Enough of a digression, sorry!

Bottom line -- wonderful engaging story! Very highly recommended. As I note, this really scared me when I first read it, so know your audience!
Last thought, someone else mentioned this not too far below, but it's worth repeating -- this was written by the woman who wrote "Harvey," which became the famous Jimmy Stewart movie "starring" a giant invisible rabbit. ("He's a pooka.")
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.