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    Something Upstairs
    Something Upstairs
    Something Upstairs
    Audiobook3 hours

    Something Upstairs

    Written by Avi

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    "What Kenny saw-or thought he saw- were two hands, then two arms, reaching up from the stain, pushing away a box of his mother's old books that was sitting on it. These hands and arms seemed to be not flesh and blood but sculptured, glowing smoke. It was as if, from under that box, a body was struggling to be free."-from Something Upstairs Kenny Huldorf is not happy when he learns that he and his family will be moving all the way across the country to Rhode Island, a state smaller than Los Angeles, the city he's known his whole life. His new home, The Stillwell House, was built in 1789 and, like everything in Providence, it seems old-fashioned and somber. But things start to look a little brighter when Kenny's Mom shows him his new bedroom: a long, open attic with plenty of room and privacy. While he puts his things away, Kenny discovers a small room at the far end of the attic with a mysterious dark stain covering the center of the floor. All day long Kenny can't shake the feeling that someone is in the attic with him. Late that night, awakened by sounds coming from where the small room is, Kenny opens the door to a horrifying tale from the past.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 15, 2013
    ISBN9781470354145
    Something Upstairs
    Author

    Avi

    Avi's many acclaimed books for young readers include the Newbery Medal-winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead and the Newbery Honor books Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle as well as The Fighting Ground, Poppy, and The Secret School. He lives in Colorado.           

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    • 5/5
      This book is full of excitement! Good story for entire class to read.
    • 5/5
      With only 116 pages it was a quick read, but very good. The story kept you going and the writer painted excellent images of the colonial era where the story takes place. I even felt a little chill when I got to the end of the book.
    • 4/5
      Well, it's not just historical fiction. We also have ghostly time travel, so I'm not exactly sure how to classify it. The cover led me to believe it was a children's book, but really it's a tween book. Gripping quick plot, moral dilemmas, plot issues that can hurt your brain (as with all time travel for me). I read this in a few hours one morning having no intentions of reading it, and that says something.


      Recommended to grades 5-8. Slavery issues.
    • 5/5
      Another favorite ghost story with lots of history weaved into the storyline. It is scary with lots of anticipation about what is going to happen next. This is a real page turner.
    • 3/5
      This book is about two boys named Kenny and Caleb. Kenny just moved into a new house in Rhode Island. There his house turns out to be one of the oldest houses in his street. His room is in the attic and it use to be a slaves room named Caleb. One day when Kenny was sleeping he heard strange sounds coming out of his closet. He opened the door to check what it was and what he say was two hands coming out from the floor. The next day he heard the sounds and he starts talking and asking the ghost questions. At the end Kenny helped Caleb get out of a memory and Caleb was rescued. After Kenny saved Caleb he never saw Caleb ever again.
    • 4/5
      Avi says that this story was told to him by one of his fans and is, as far as he knows, true. I had some doubts- it just seemed a little too fantastic, so I took a look at my own clues, and I found one glaring one in the about the author section. Avi moved to Providence a year before he supposedly did a book talk at a school there and stayed in a hotel to hear more of the story. If he lived there, rather than moving there the way his main character did, he would not have had to stay in a hotel. It is a good story, but I don't think this one is true.