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Welcome, foolish mortals, to Disney Press' spookiest chapter book series yet: Tales from the Haunted Mansion! Based on the attractions from the Disney Parks, each new book tells the story of one of the Haunted Mansion's 999 ghosts. With eerie illustrations throughout and a beautiful three-piece cloth cover, the books are designed to look like they came straight from the library in the Haunted Mansion. Tales from the Haunted Mansion is a fun, spooky ride, just like the attraction from the Disney Parks. And if readers are familiar with the ride, they'll see elements of it throughout the entire story, from items straight of the Mansion (are those pictures stretching?) to lyrics from the narration that is heard in each Doom Buggy.In this bone-chilling book, you will hear the terrifying tales of the Fearsome Foursome--four kids who look to out-scare each other. But just wait until they hear my spooky stories. Who am I? I am Amicus Arcane, your librarian and host. Your Ghost Host. So read on... if you dare!
Series: Tales from the Haunted Mansion
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Disney Press (July 19, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 148471329X
ISBN-13: 978-1484713297
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 7.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
True fans of The Haunted Mansion will be disappointed in this book. It boasts that it will tell the tale of ghosts at the Mansion. I expected to hear stories relating to the characters you can see when you ride the attraction. Instead you get the tales of 4 modern middle schoolers. The only thing that relates to the ride, is that the kids are drawn in to the Mansion before they listen to stories told about themselves. The reader only gets a brief summary of the attraction in the first 20 pages, before it launches into the four stories that are focused around a haunted baseball glove, a dead pet guinea pig, a monster in a backyard pool, and a dare with a closed coffin. None of which have any relation to the attraction.I understand that this is a book for middle grades, but it is so badly written that I would not recommend to my students. The narrative is constantly interrupted by a ghost librarian narrator who keeps interjecting that you can keep reading "if you dare" or telling you that "the true horrors are still to come." When it describes the octagonal stretching portrait chamber, the librarian narrator interjects, "That's eight sides- must I do all the work." It insults the reader with nonsense like this: "The Foursome continued up the winding path, where blackened branches hovered like the dying limbs of an ancient behemoth. Or, if you prefer, old tree branches drooped over their heads."OR "What preparations? Oh, you'll find out. And you'll be sorry when you do."OR "Oh yes, foolish reader, this is going to be the dare - make that the scare - of the century."OR "A fiendishly good sign that things are about to get messy - which is why you came, of course.
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