The Trespassers

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Book Overview

It all starts the summer after Neely finishes fifth grade. She is trying to entertain her little brother, Grub, when they accidentally find a way to sneak into Halcyon House, a magnificent mansion... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385310552
• ISBN13: 9780385310550
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Trespassers

The Trespassers is a wonderful book. I very much enjoyed it. It is about a girl,Neely;and her brother Grub(Gregory).They find a way into a beutiful old house. Halcyon House was named so because Harold Huchinson the first came to live there in hope of peace and tranquility.Instead terrible things happen.For many years the old housewas deserted ;but Neely and Grub play in it.Yet... is it safe?

Read This Book!

An amazing story about a girl and her younger brother. One summer they find a way to get into Halcyon House. They have lots of fun and get into the middle of a lot of myteries. This is a great novel for kids.Read this book ,it was great!

refreshingly different and "real"

THE TRESPASSORS is full of the sort of carefully chosen subtleties and questions that in no way insult the intelligence of its target audience. The sibling dynamic of Neely and Grub is INCREDIBLY poignant and well-written. The author excells in her depiction of an adolescant world with one foot in reality and the other in imagination and doubt. A real page-turner, too! My only complaint is, I felt the story fizzled in the end, settling for a lesson-in-a-paragraph approach. However, the closing paragraph is wonderful, it's been a while since I closed a book with such a smile on my face. RECOMMENDED!

One of the best books I've ever read!

This was definitely an awesome book. It was realistic, yet scary -- it shows how real life, curiosity, and the "boy nextdoor" can turn on you when you least expected them to... You MUST read it!

a great book READ IT you will like it!

a great book about a gitl and her brother a a lot of trouble they get in going in a privet house must read you will like it