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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5–8—The Boon family is down on their luck when they move into a leaky old house on the edge of town. Fing and her sisters sense the house and adjacent cemetery have a macabre past, and they defy their strong-tongued grandmother to explore the dank cellar and curious ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2014
It takes a while to realize that the main character in this Dutch import is a building, the eponymous Nine Open Arms, a rundown, back-to-front, peculiar brick house situated beyond the cemetery "where names came to an end." The story opens when a family of nine--hapless dreamer and cigar-maker father, tough grandmother, four almost-grownup sons, and three younger daughters--moves into this house and tries to figure out its mysterie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
In this Dutch import, a family of nine--hapless dreamer and cigar-maker father, tough grandmother, four almost-grown-up sons, and thr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
