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Help me remember this book title!
Creagan
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I've tried googling this for several years and asked my parents about this book, with no results so far. Actually, last night my parents told me the book didn't exist and I probably dreamed it's plot. I don't believe them, because I very specifically remember my mom giving me the book at some point when I was in Junior High. The problem is, my visual memory's really bad so beyond the book being old, hardcover and possibly a library book, I don't remember what the cover looked like. (There were occasional illustrations though.)
Basically, the book is about this family that moves into a really old Victorian house. The opening scene has them going through the house (noting that there is like, an inch of dust over everything,) and cataloging everything inside of it. The mom looked at a really pretty tea-set and was sad because they were probably going to have to sell it, and a lot of the stuff inside the house to help pay for it.
So the family continues cleaning and adjusts to living in the house. There's a pug statue modeled after the previous owner's dog. The previous owner was a very commanding woman who once ordered a servant not to drown (after said servant had fallen into a lake) jumped into the water with the servant, and bellowed so loudly people came to rescue them. The previous owner is rumored to have left a sizable treasure somewhere in the house.
At some point, one of the male children and his friends decide they're going to sneak off and spend the night in an abandoned old house. The kids agree to bring different food, but the kid in charge of drinks screws up. They try to leave, but an angry billy goat blocks the stairway for some reason. So the trapped kids have to drink out of the house's gutter/drain spout and are very sad but eventually the grown-ups come looking for them. There are illustrations of the billy goat blocking the way, and one of the boys leaning out a window to drink out of the drain spout/gutter.
The book ends when one of the boys figures out where the previous owner's treasure is. The family finds a hidden safe filled with jewelry, some of which is Victorian "Hair" jewelry. (Everything's labeled too.)
Does this sound familiar to anybody? I'd love to reread it, not to mention prove that the book exists.
Basically, the book is about this family that moves into a really old Victorian house. The opening scene has them going through the house (noting that there is like, an inch of dust over everything,) and cataloging everything inside of it. The mom looked at a really pretty tea-set and was sad because they were probably going to have to sell it, and a lot of the stuff inside the house to help pay for it.
So the family continues cleaning and adjusts to living in the house. There's a pug statue modeled after the previous owner's dog. The previous owner was a very commanding woman who once ordered a servant not to drown (after said servant had fallen into a lake) jumped into the water with the servant, and bellowed so loudly people came to rescue them. The previous owner is rumored to have left a sizable treasure somewhere in the house.
At some point, one of the male children and his friends decide they're going to sneak off and spend the night in an abandoned old house. The kids agree to bring different food, but the kid in charge of drinks screws up. They try to leave, but an angry billy goat blocks the stairway for some reason. So the trapped kids have to drink out of the house's gutter/drain spout and are very sad but eventually the grown-ups come looking for them. There are illustrations of the billy goat blocking the way, and one of the boys leaning out a window to drink out of the drain spout/gutter.
The book ends when one of the boys figures out where the previous owner's treasure is. The family finds a hidden safe filled with jewelry, some of which is Victorian "Hair" jewelry. (Everything's labeled too.)
Does this sound familiar to anybody? I'd love to reread it, not to mention prove that the book exists.
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(oh weird, it was YOU that posted it a year ago but didn't get an answer then)
(Wow, I did a much better job writing out what I remembered of the book this time. No wonder I didn't get an answer last thread. There wasn't enough detail and the summary barely made sense.)
edit: because of this ichorfalls.chainsawsuit.com anytime i remember something from childhood but no one else remembers i think of the work of art that is that website.