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The House on Parchment Street

by Patricia A. McKillip · 1973

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While staying with her cousin in England, a young girl helps him find a way of helping the troubled ghosts inhabiting the cellar of the house.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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