Sarah moved to a new home which used to be her Great Aunt Magaret's house. Few weeks later her aunt moved in from the Nursery. After that, strange things began to happened when Sarah and her aunt are along in the house. Like the light turns on by themselves and the rooms get deathy cold and Sarah hears strange footsteps in the upstairs hall. And everytime Sarah looked at a painting she found( which was her aunt's) she sees that the painting has changed. I think you should read this book because it is scary. So grab " A Ghost In The House" By Betty Ren Wright and start reading! Also enjoy other books by betty Ren Wright. See Ya!

I read this when I was ten and found my self putting the book down ever so often because I was so scared. I'm 21 and now I'm reading it with the 9-year old I tutor. She loves it too! Not a dull moment!

The Ghost Witch by Betty Ren Wright is wonderful you can read it anytime or anywhere. Jennys mom's friend died and so Jenny and her mom inherit the lady's house and are going to move in unless they don't want to. Jenny meets the ghost witch and wants to stay in her apartment rather than move, but her mom wants to know why. At Jenny's school they are going to have a Halloween dance and afterward Mr. Barker is going to have a haunted house, so Jenny makes a deal with the ghost witch that she stay there and haunt there rather than stay at Jenny's house. They agree and Mr. Barker earns money from scaring so many people. In the end the witch is too tired to even make one more monster and tells Jenny that she needs to rest so she can make better monsters for next years Halloween. The perfect book for anytime or anywhere!

when jenny makes the deal with the ghost witch is my favorite part. :-)

I think thois book was just fab!! I did it for a book report just last week!

I'm an 12 year old girl that is making a project on this book for school. It is a very cool book. I didn't know how to spell Betty's full name so I came on the internet. What a good idea eh?

The Secret Window By Betty Ren Wright read by Heather Hansen It's a great book- I loved it. I read it 17 times and i'll read it again and again. It's a book about a girl (named Meg) who has a window in her dreams that tells her the future. when she has the dreams, she writes them in her book, wher she has hundreds of dreams kept in it. She has a friend named Gracie. Gracie has a friend named Linda who invites Gracie and Mag over for a party and a sleepover. At the party... Meg's mom and dad get in a fight, and Meg's dad leaves to find himself. Her grandma comes over and...I recommend thes book to a person at any age. When my mom read it she liked it. What I like about it was when she gets a new friend, and when her brother gets a scholorship. What I hate about it is at the party, cause the are smoking grass.

This book centers around the life of 12 year old Meg Korshak and her uncanny ability to have dreams that come true -- all while dealing with her father leaving to "find himself", her mother and brother's struggle to make ends meet, the tension of wanting to be part of the "in" crowd vs. just being yourself, and of course, the fact that having these dreams makes her "different". A hidden treasure -- if only it were still in print!

When Charlie goes house to house selling candy bars for his cousin Rachel, he stops at an old spooky looking house. The lady who answers the door claims to be "The Real Sunbonnet Queen." That is the title that Rachel is trying to become this year. Rachel looks exactly like her Grandmother, who won fifty years ago. Charlie and Rachel soon find out that that lady is really a phantom who will stop at nothing to defeat Rachel after Rachel's Grandmother beat her in the contest fifty years ago. Even if it means killing Rachel!

Haunted Summer is a great book for 9-12 I am 12 but I loved it. It is about a girl named Abby and her brother who is a snott to her becaus she is chubby. But she prooved is not scared because her and a baby-sitter tought her to be brave. If you like freaky books you will love this one!

Too Many Secrets is a book that you can't put down. This book made me greatful that I could because if I couldn't I would be missing out. This book is a book about two kids that try to be detectives and help a neibor that is in the hospital. At the end they find the burgalr and get in trouble for catching him. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat!

While her parents are away in Alaska, 10-year-old Christina Cooper is sent to live with her unpleasant Uncle Ralph in his old lakeside house, a place that looks haunted to Christina. And she's right. During her first day there, she sees a little boy in a sailor suit standing on the pier--and then the next minute he disappears. This is just the first of many appearances the ghost makes, and it's up to Christina to find out why he's still hanging around the old house.

When I was younger, this was one of my favorite books, but after rereading it, I was a little disappointed. I had remembered "Christina's Ghost" being a scary ghost story, but it's more of a murder mystery than a horror story. In it, Christina must try to solve a 30-year-old double homicide over some stolen, valuable stamps so the young boy's soul can be put to rest. Not very exciting compared to an evil haunted house, but I don't think younger readers will really mind. Recommended for 9 to 12-year-olds.

This book is about a girl and her uncle that stay in this house for a while, but as they do they find two special guest there. I recommend this book to people who like scary and mysterious books. I like this book because I like to get chills every once in a while. I also like this book because I love mysterious books on Halloween and any other times and to read before bed.

I think this book is excellent! You feel as though you are right there in the story. I reccomend this to anyone who needs a book to read on a rainy day. I also reccomend Betty Ren Wright's other books too

Wright, Betty Ren. (1983). The Dollhouse Murders. New York: Holiday House. I like this book because it is a simple mystery children ages 9-12 can read and enjoy. The book is a very interesting realistic fiction book. While visiting Aunt Clare in her Great grandparent's old house, Amy discovered a wonderful dollhouse in the attic. It is the replica of her Great Granparent's house. Everytime Amy visits the attic eerie things happen. Strange noises come from the dollhouse, lights are on in it and the dolls have been moved from where she had left them. Amy is very frightened, but she wonders if the dollhouse is trying to tell her something about the murders of her Great Grandparents 30 years ago. Amy wants to solve the mystery. On a stormy night Amy and her sister make one more visit to the attic. They watch as the Grandmother doll gives them a clue about the murders. They tell Aunt Clare what the doll revealed to them. Together they solved the murder mystery of that fateful night 30 years ago.

This is about a responsible girl named Amy who got tired of watching her sister Louann Treloar. In the beginning Amy runs away because she is losing friends because of Louann. When Amy finds out that she is going to stay for a few weeks at her aunt's house, she asked her how her grandparents died. Her Aunt didn't seem to happy about talking about her parents. But when Amy finds out about the dollhouse she lies so her aunt won't worry. I would recomend this book to others because, it's scary at some parts, but it is a wonderfull mystery book that is cool.

In the beginning it takes place in a town called Claiborne. Later in the story the setting moves to the countryside near Claiborne where Amy's Aunt Clare lives in an old house. Amy, the main character, feels like her parents treat her unfairly, so she runs away to her Aunt Clare's house. At Aunt Clare's house Amy notices that dolls in a dollhouse move mysteriously all by themselves. The dollhouse is a miniature copy of her Aunt's house. But nobody believes Amy about the dolls, except her sister Luanne who also sees them move. It's like the dolls are trying to show the girls how their grandparents were killed a long time ago. What's not to like about the book! It kept me guessing right up to the end. I also liked that it was a mystery but was not full of violence and lots of people dying. It was also interesting to see how the characters change in the story. In the beginning of the book some people expect Amy just to play with her sister and other people understand that it's hard for her. Amy is frustrated. By the end of the book, Amy learns to appreciate her sister and her mom.