Rhode Island Children's Book Award     Student Comments

The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story

by

Mary Downing Hahn
Grades 5-6

The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn is a fiction book. This story is about Lissa and her father. They moved to a trailer on a big farm.

Lissa thinks there are ghosts but her dad says there are no such things. When Lissa’s bike gets stolen she knows there are ghosts , but her father says it was just

mean teenagers. There are no pictures in this book, but I like the cover. I love this book because it is scary and interesting. I would give this book 5 stars. The

people in this book are Diana,Georgie,Lissa,Ms.Willis,Lissa’s dad,Diana’s dad,and Diana’s dad. Diana’s parents are also Georgie’s parents. Read the book to

find out what happens.

Tayla ,Grade 4,Northern Lincoln Elementary

This page was created on October 5, 2005 and updated on January 28, 2006.

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