The Old Manor House

By Barbara Holliday

It is 1963; the Andersons, a U.S. Air Force family, have rented an off-base, fully furnished, once-grand manor house from its owner, Mr. Edwards, who maintains an apartment in the rear wing. We are in Wiltshire, England, amid the gardens, damp weather, fog, inadequate heating system, and anti-American feelings. The manor house itself, reputed to have been built by a pirate in the mid-1600's, contains secret rooms, hidden passages, a treasure and a ghost. The three Anderson daughters, Nell age 5, Emily age 12, and Meredith age 16, have the adventure of their lives as they unlock its secrets. The Old Manor House has two story-tellers: first, Mr. Edwards, the somewhat secretive English gentleman who, while telling Emily of the manor's history, enables the reader to sense the English love of history and tradition; second, Emily, the exuberant sixth-grader who narrates our current mystery. Here is a high-interest novel of old-fashioned, positive relationships: the Andersons are a family who interact and like one another, the pirate was a loving husband and good man, the ghost was a loving mother and is a good ghost, Mr. Edwards is grand fatherly and a humanitarian, even the final disposition of three evil idols produces good results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880920564
• ISBN13: 9780880920568
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Royal Fireworks Pr
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

military family....like mine

I kinda liked this book. It is about a very nice family that has stick together because the Dad is in the military like mine is and he has to move them around alot. There are ghosts and spirits in this book though. Does every book for us kids have to have all that witch stuff in it?