Thursday, August 2, 2007

The Old Willis Place

Using the words of the title post a comment predicting what you think this book will be about.
Some things you may want to know more about before you start the book:
Ghosts
Haunted Houses
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Diana and her little brother Georgie live in the woods behind an old decaying mansion. Why are they scared to leave the property? Why aren't they allowed to be friends with the caretaker's daughter? Why are they afraid to enter the Old Willis Place? Shivery - don't read this one alone at night.
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Old Willis Place. Clarion Books, ©2004

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

We think this book will be about a family that lives in an old house, on an old street, and in a very old †own.

Anonymous said...

This book is about Diana and her brother Georgie who are ghosts living in an old house and are very lonely. The caretakers of the house have a daughter named Lissa and Diana would like to be friends with Lissa but it is against the rules to have friends when you are a ghost.
We would like to read this because it sounds very suspenseful and interesting.

Anonymous said...

This book is about Diana and her brother Georgie who are ghosts living in an old house and are very lonely. The caretakers of the house have a daughter named Lissa, and Diana would like to be friends with Lissa but it is against the rules to have friends when you are a ghost.
We would like to read this because it sounds very suspenseful and interesting.

Anonymous said...

We think it's going to be about a haunted old house up on a hill with lightning and a full moon...creepy! or maybe just about some old people living in an old house that everyone is scared of but they truly aren't bad people at all.apparemtly we were wrong and its about a ghost that is on this land and plays with a little girl in an old decaying house,but we were right about the ....CREEPY!!!!


by : corey & liam! :)

Anonymous said...

We think that code orange is about
a specific code everybody has to follow, that is the "Code Orange". That is the reason it is called the "Code Orange'!!!!!


This story is really about Mitty Blake that is searching for his infectious disease report topic.

Anonymous said...

I think this book is about a haunted house owned by someone's last name being "willis."

This book is about an old decaying mansion, two very curious kids, and an old caretaker. This book is a very spooky one! This book is suitable for grades 5-8.



By: Kevin

Anonymous said...

I think this book is about a haunted house owned by someone's last name being "willis."

This book is about an old decaying mansion, two very curious kids, and an old caretaker. This book is a very spooky one! This book is suitable for grades 5-8.



By: Kevin

Anonymous said...

We think Old Willis Place will be about people that live on a street called "Old Willis Place." It will talk about their life.

~Bre' and Anna~


We think that this book is about a brother and a sister who live behind a haunted mansion
where caretakers come and go. Where they have to keep hidden even though they are tempted to make a friends with the caretakers daughter because they are tired of not having anyone to play with or do things with and being stuck in the house all day.

Anonymous said...

prediction
I think that The Old Willis Place is about a haunted farm house that some people move in to and get haunted.

story
The story is about Georgie and Diana living in the Old Willis place for years. Diana has no friends, and Diana wants to be friends with the caretaker's daughter. They are the same age and want to be friends but you cant when you are a ghost.

By Heather Bradley and Michelle K.

Anonymous said...

We think this book is about an old lady named Mrs. Willis, and her house is haunted with her soul.

This book is about two ghosts named Diana and Georgie. They are very tempted by the sight of Lissa, and want to be friends. Georgie reminds Diana that they cant have friends and are supposed to stay out of sight.

Anonymous said...

I think this book was titled"The Old Willis Place," because it's an old haunted house and the person who lived there had a last name of Willis. And the people who moved there had a dughter who was lonely and the girl who lived across the street wanted to be freinds with her.

Anonymous said...

We think this book was named The Old Willis Place because two kids live in this place called The Old Willis Place. Thir names are Diana and Georgie and they try to make friends with another girl but it is aganist the rules.

Anonymous said...

i think the auther wrote this book becase he ;ikes ghost stories and well maybe this plae that he talks about is real and maybe there is ids like that i want to read this book now because it sounds so intresting



from : m.d.

Anonymous said...

it sounds interesting to me and i would like to read it someday . i'm thinking and guessing the author named the title because it's a ghost story and maybe old in the'' The Old Willis Place'' means their old,died,and became ghost.

Anonymous said...

it sound intereting,very ,very ,articulate. i'm wondering why the freinds cant be freinds,i'm wondering why they call the story it old wilis place.
mabey thier was a man that died in the house that was old