Henry James
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Presents the nineteenth-century short story in which a governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants, and includes notes, a history of the novel, selections from James' letters and other writings, and critical essays.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"In 'The Turn of the Screw,' one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. It is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James's short stories, all exploring ghosts and the uncanny."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
"This volume, part of The Library of America's historic new five-volume edition of James's world-famous stories, gathers his first 24 published stories. Diverse in subject, setting, and formal technique, they show the young James equally at ease writing historical tales or exploring contemporary events, as in three stories that treat the effects of the Civil War on civilians. James very early exhibited his famous psychological acuity, as in "Master...
50) Presence of mind
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A tale of a mysterious man, a mansion inhabited by ghosts, and two impressionable children under the care of an inexperienced governess.
54) Daniel Boone
Author
Pub. Date
1939
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The story of Daniel Boone, the famous hunter and adventurer who explored and helped settle the early West, especially Kentucky.
Author
Series
Monstrumologist volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Apprentice to Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, Will Henry has spent his life studying monsters. Then Dr. Warthrop and Will begin a project that takes them across the wastelands of Canada to discover if the mythical Wendigo, a creature with an insatiable craving for human flesh, is real.
Author
Series
Monstrumologist volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 19
Description
When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A hauntingly atmospheric and star-studded adaptation of Henry James' classic gothic horror story. A young, inexperienced governess is hired to look after two small children abandoned by their uncle, following the death of their parents, at his grand country house. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.
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