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Some books come up on discussion boards with such surprising frequency, you have to wonder how such a well-loved book could be out of print. And many of them are out of print. However, all hope is not lost.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House

Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House
by Mary Chase, originally published in 1968 under the title "Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden."

Summary
Maureen Swanson is the scourge of the neighborhood. At age nine, she already has a reputation as a hard slapper, a loud laugher, a liar, and a stay-after-schooler. The other kids call her Stinky. So sometimes when Maureen passes the crumbling (and haunted?) Messerman mansion, she imagines that she is Maureen Messerman -- rich, privileged, and powerful. Then she finds a way into the forbidden, boarded-up house. In the hall are portraits of seven young women wearing elaborate gowns and haughty expressions. Maureen has something scathing to say to each one, but then she notices that the figures seem to have shifted in their frames. So she reaches out her finger to touch the paint -- just to make sure -- and touches . . . silk! These seven daughters of privilege are colder and meaner than Maureen ever thought to be. They are wicked, wicked ladies, and Maureen has something they want. . . .

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Keywords: Time Travel, Ghosts, Leprechauns, Supernatural, Sisters, Mansions, Scholastic

Character Names: Maureen
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