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| Title | : | The Ghost of Opalina |
| Author | : | Peggy Bacon |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 243 pages |
| Published | : | 1967 by Little Brown & Company |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Childrens. Animals. Young Adult |
Peggy Bacon
Hardcover | Pages: 243 pages Rating: 4.58 | 146 Users | 32 Reviews
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When Phillip, Ellen and Jeb Finley move from the city to a large, rambling house in the country, they gain an unexpected friend and guardian in Opalina, "a diaphanous being from another world, made of the finest grade of atmosphere, a limpid lightsome spirit." The ghost of a Persian cat who lived two hundred years before, Opalina relates the history of the house to the Finley children, beginning in 1750, when it was owned by the Trumbull family.With plotting younger brothers and secret chambers, false accusations and make-believe noblemen, the early years in the life of the house are filled with colorful incident. Soon passing to the Paisley family, Opalina's house is the scene of both wild childhood adventure and sedate elderly existence, before being sold to the Cumberlands. Generation follows generation, as Montagues replace Cumberlands, and then give way to Pankeys. Young people grow up and have their own children, forgetting - those who ever knew her - the extraordinary feline presence who guards the house. But she does not forget them...
Part ghost-story and part historical fiction, The Ghost of Opalina is a delightful juvenile novel: an entertaining mixture of matter-of-fact children's adventures and delicious supernatural thrills. Young readers will thrill to the story of Opalina foiling the dishonest Saul Trumbull's scheming in 1750, relish the tale of Pelley and Patrick Montague's sojourn in the woods with lovable hermit Batsy Diggs in 1880, and enjoy seeing the superior Sophy Bannister get her comeuppance in 1905.
The pleasure of reading - already considerable - is enhanced by Peggy Bacon's charming illustrations, which include full and half-page drawings, as well as margin portraits depicting the main characters of each chapter. All in all, The Ghost of Opalina was a delightful reading experience, and given how difficult it is to obtain, I can only hope that some enterprising publisher decides to reprint it. Never was there a title more worthy!
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| Original Title: | The Ghost of Opalina |
| ISBN: | 0316075027 (ISBN13: 9780316075022) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1969) |
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Ratings: 4.58 From 146 Users | 32 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Ghost of Opalina
I must have read this book a million times when I was in middle school. I have yet to be able to find it anyplace else! Apparently it's out of print. I just remember really liking the idea of each of the nine lives, as narrated by the cat. This was during my ghost story phase, so that's probably another reason I liked it.When Phillip, Ellen and Jeb Finley move from the city to a large, rambling house in the country, they gain an unexpected friend and guardian in Opalina, "a diaphanous being from another world, made of the finest grade of atmosphere, a limpid lightsome spirit." The ghost of a Persian cat who lived two hundred years before, Opalina relates the history of the house to the Finley children, beginning in 1750, when it was owned by the Trumbull family. With plotting younger brothers and secret
To RE-read...someday...when it is re-issued (knock on wood).
Read this back in grade school and I still remember it so well. Just like comments I've read, I've been unable to find a copy of it under $200. Told my husband if he wants to win me over forever, find this book for however much it costs for an anniversary, birthday, or Christmas present instead of anything else.1/11-reading again since being a little girl. Hubby found a copy for under $200 & gave it to me for Xmas. Yeah
I read this book over and over again in Jr. High and loved it.
I originally read this book in elementary school where I fell in love with it and read it numerous times. Over the years I've thought about it and wanted to read it again or get a copy. Alas if you search online it is a rare thing and is ver Y expensive. Technology wins though and it was available for my Kindle. It was like revisiting an old friend and while it wasn't as enchanting as it was thirty plus years ago it was still quite good.
I read this book in grade school (5th grade, I think). It was the first chapter book I read, and I loved it. As an adult, I wanted to purchase a copy to read to my grandkids someday but was dismayed to learn it was out of print and extremely expensive. I had given up all hope of reading it again and was cursing the fact when my husband popped in the room and offered to pay the bills I normally paid so I could purchase a copy. $352 later, I had my own copy! I have the best husband EVER! By the
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