Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story

I just finished this book by Hahn. It takes place in Missouri. Two boys switch lives. She weaves many interesting events for both. It is a ghost story. It is a quick reading novel for elementary readers or anyone who likes to read ghost stories. As usual the author captures the reader throughout the story.

This was one of my two favorite books as a child. I remembered it so well the suspense and deep emotions and themes conveyed and consistency it was really a time travel book more than anything I decided to order it to read to my kids at night for our coming camping trip. It was just as fun to read as I remembered and my kids emitted it so much they even woke up asking for me to continue reading it because they fell asleep too fast the night before. I love that my kids enjoyed it as much as I did and it was a perfect camp fire book for young kids as it's suspenseful but not technically a ghost story. Wonderful characters and vivid imagery making you feel like you too are experiencing going back to a simpler time. Even as an adult I very much enjoyed this book!

Bought this for childhood nostalgia to read again and it was worth it. Never gets old. Good story that I'm so happy to own, enjoy and eventually read to my nephew once he gets bigger.

This book was one of the best books I have ever read from Mary Downing Hahn. One cool feature about this book is when Drew and Andrew switch places and Drew realized how different it was to live when Andrew did. But in the end when he thought about his old home, he didn't remember much. When Drew started living at his great-aunts house because his parents had work in another state, Drew and his aunt went looking in the attic so his aunt could show him old pictures. While Drew was walking, he broke a floor board and discovered a mysterious box with a bag in it. He thought it was a treasure so his aunt told him to open it. Unfortunately he was disappointed to see a bag of marbles. Then he saw a note it said, " If you take my treasure something bad will happen." So Drew obviously did NOT want to take it but his aunt insisted. That night, a ghost appeared in Drew's room. Drew thought it was a dream.. but he actually could feel the ghost. The ghosts name was Andrew.( a distant relative of Drew) Andrew ( the ghost) was severely sick with Diphtheria. After lots of explaining, Andrew asked Drew if they could switch places (they were IDENTICAL) so Andrew could have modern day medicine. I will leave the rest of this AMAZING book for you to read!! Enjoy!!!! :D

Timeless book

I truly enjoyed this book. Mary Downing Hahn really engages you with the characters making them seem real. This book was amazing, but the only disappointing part is: I don't think it's that scary! If you are expecting a creepy, spooky ghost story, then this isn't quite your type. I reccomend this book for children aged 8-12. If you get it (which you totally should!:)), I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! Happy reading!! :)

This was the first book I ever read, in 6th grade. I read other books, of course, with the assistance of teachers, or by the instruction of teachers. This was the first story I ever picked from the school library all by my accord, and made the conscious decision to read. It really was a page turner, inciting very vivid mental images that I can still recall today, over 11 years later. I found it on Amazon and couldn't resist! It says its a "ghost story" but its truly not very scary at all, even for a youngster. It paints such a wonderful picture of life in the past, as the character is transported back in time. Totally recommended for young kids!

My middle schools discovered this author last year and I can’t keep her on the shelf. I have had to buy multiple copies of some books and that is all the evidence I need. This is not my favorite genre, so I haven’t read any of them. However, I will continue to find and add more to our collection.

いじめっ子と同じキャンプに行くのが嫌で、夏の間を伯母さんの家で過ごすことにしたDrew。 しかし、蔦の絡まる、古びた屋敷を見た瞬間に、Drewは後悔します。 数百年の間、代々受け継がれてきた屋敷には、古い家具やキルトと共に、先祖の魂が住みついているように感じられるのです。 ある日、屋根裏に登ったDrewは、自分と瓜二つの少年の写真と、幼くして死んだというその少年が床下に隠していたビー玉を見つけます。 そして、その夜、ビー玉を探して屋根裏から降りてきたのは、その少年でした。 幽霊の正体が解った後は、意外な展開で、期待以上におもしろかったです。 時代の、時間の流れの中での自分の命の意味とか、自分が自分として存在する意味を考えてしまいました。