· Throughout the story, Clapp builds a wonderful sense of foreboding, so that by the time the truth comes out about Emily and the story’s climax rolls around, the reader has a knot in their stomach. It’s a beautifully crafted story, full of chills and scares, but not so much that a younger reader would be www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. Jane-Emily. This book is dedicated. to the memories of those people. for whom it comes too late, Elizabeth and Howard, and Ethel and Grandmère. ONE. There are times when the midsummer sun strikes cold, and when the leaping flames of a hearthfire give no heat.4/5(32). The hot hazy days of summer pass and Louisa and Dr. Adam grow closer and closer. Jane seems happy and content, but is there an Emily shaped cloud looming ove.
Jane-Emily. While spending the summer in an old Massachusetts house, an eighteen-year-old girl and her niece become increasingly aware of the presence of a spirit that seems determined to harm them. Patricia Clapp. 1, ratings reviews. Emily was a selfish, willful, hateful child who died before her thirteenth birthday. But that was a long time ago. Jane is nine years old and an orphan when she and her young Aunt Louisa come to spend the summer at Jane's grandmother's house, a large, mysterious mansion in Massachusetts. Jane-Emily. "She's dead, I tell you! Emily's dead!" Louisa wanted to believe her own words. But the presence of the little girl who had died twelve years before, the hateful, dark-eyed girl who always had her way, could still be felt in the Canfield mansion. The globe in the garden glows mysteriously at night.
Patricia Clapp was born in Boston and attended the Columbia University School of Journalism. Her first novel, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, was a runner-up for the National Book Award for Children's Literature. Her other books include, I'm Deborah Sampson, King of the Dollhouse, Dr. Elizabeth, and Jane-Emily. She describes herself as primarily "a theatre person"; she has worked with her community theatre for over forty years and still writes and directs plays for children. Jane-Emily. This book is dedicated. to the memories of those people. for whom it comes too late, Elizabeth and Howard, and Ethel and Grandmère. ONE. There are times when the midsummer sun strikes cold, and when the leaping flames of a hearthfire give no heat. The hot hazy days of summer pass and Louisa and Dr. Adam grow closer and closer. Jane seems happy and content, but is there an Emily shaped cloud looming ove.
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