Background
Kathryn Reiss was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Ohio, and received Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and German from Duke University, and an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
(The haunting sequel to Kathryn Reiss's acclaimed novel, "...)
The haunting sequel to Kathryn Reiss's acclaimed novel, "Time Windows". Miranda and her family have taken in a runaway. The pale girl has been wandering for over 400 years, forever to be 13 years old.
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(Not wanting a certain shabby dollhouse but unable to poli...)
Not wanting a certain shabby dollhouse but unable to politely refuse it, Zibby is alarmed when she gets the dollhouse home and strange events begin to occur, such as her mother falling down the steps when the dollhouse mother does.
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(Owning a haunted dollhouse that is an exact replica of th...)
Owning a haunted dollhouse that is an exact replica of the house where a little girl accidentally killed her evil nanny, Zibby realizes that her mother's wedding is doomed, unless she can get rid of the nanny's ghost.
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( Violet's paralyzing fear of the San Francisco earthquak...)
Violet's paralyzing fear of the San Francisco earthquakes changes when her family renovates an old building. An aftershock dislodges a letter addressed in 1906 to Baby V--and Violet is certain the disturbing letter is intended for her.
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( Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become ...)
Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before.
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( When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a ...)
When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a small Massachusetts town, she discovers a mysterious antique--a dollhouse. Through the windows, she is shocked to find what seem to be living people in the tiny rooms, and gradually she realizes that scenes from the lives of the big house’s past inhabitants are being replayed there.
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(Beth's mother decides to reunite the family after twenty ...)
Beth's mother decides to reunite the family after twenty years and drags Beth and her brother to a sleepy town in Pennsylvania, where Beth learns of her mother's tragic family history and begins to better understand herself.
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(In the chlling finale of the Ghost in the Dollhouse serie...)
In the chlling finale of the Ghost in the Dollhouse series, Zibby and her friends investigate their classmates' strange nightmares about fire and a burning dollhouse to find out if the evil Miss Honeywell has returned to haunt them or if there is another ghost in the dollhouse.
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Kathryn Reiss was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Ohio, and received Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and German from Duke University, and an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Bachelor in English and German, Duke University, 1980. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Michigan, 1986.
After college, she lived in Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, and during this time wrote the first draft of her first novel. She is the author of many novels of suspense for middle grade and young adult readers, often including elements of time travel and the supernatural. She has written several mystery books in the American Girl series as well as and, murder mystery novels set in England.
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Reiss has been a Writer in Residence for the Princeton Arts Council, a recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant for Writers, and has been a featured speaker with (among others) Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, The Society of Children"s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Northern California Library Association, The International Reading Association, Fresno County Office of Education, California Reading Association, The American Library Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English.
(When Rebecca is put in charge of the new neighbors' baby,...)
(In the chlling finale of the Ghost in the Dollhouse serie...)
(Not wanting a certain shabby dollhouse but unable to poli...)
(Beth's mother decides to reunite the family after twenty ...)
( The last place fifteen-year-old Juliana wants to be is ...)
(Owning a haunted dollhouse that is an exact replica of th...)
(In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father ...)
(In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, tw...)
( With her parents on a trial separation, the last thing ...)
(When an oil spill threatens the sea birds of San Francisc...)
(When Julie visits Gold Moon Ranch, a farming commune in C...)
( When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a ...)
(To help her family make ends meet, Kit takes a job helpin...)
(To help her family make ends meet, Kit takes a job helpin...)
( Violet's paralyzing fear of the San Francisco earthquak...)
( Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become ...)
(When Julie discovers a mysterious note written in Chinese...)
( Beth’s mother, Hanny Lynn, hasn’t spoken to her parents...)
( Something is terribly wrong with Connor's mom--she keep...)
( Miranda isn't happy when sullen orphan Abby Chandler co...)
(The haunting sequel to Kathryn Reiss's acclaimed novel, "...)
(Intruders at Rivermead Manor: A Kit Mystery (American Gir...)
(4 CDs of this book by two-time Edgar Award nominee Kathry...)
(Puzzle of the Paper Daughter A Julie Mystery by Kathryn R...)
(Julie really likes the new girl in her class, Carla Warne...)
(Julie really likes the new girl in her class, Carla Warne...)
(American Girl History Mysteries Volume 1-15 collection. (...)
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Married Thomas Strychacz, October 2, 1981. 5 children.