When Logan Forbes moves into his new house in Bealsville,Maryland, he has no idea what secrets the house holds. Alice Ratterree. Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn is a really good book that revolves around a mystery murder. 10-14), Categories: The cover may look scary, but it really is not. Twelve-year-old Logan Forbes moves from Richmond, Virginia, to the small-town suburb of Bealesville the summer before seventh grade. Add the first question. Kelly Murphy "Closed for the Season" by Mary Downing Hahn is the 2011-2012 Golden Sower Winner in the Intermediate level. Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young woman (Kristy) finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. No such luck! I decided to read this book mainly because the title and the cover of the book intrigued me. The only really scary part about this book is the cover itself, and how come the author put such a goth picture on a book that didn't even give me goosebumps? © Copyright 2020 Kirkus Media LLC. In fact, the motion picture debut of Mike Nugent (of Brewkah Assault pod-cast fame) is something that Hollywood will definitely take note of. Mary Downing Hahn does a good job building suspense and telling about the lives of two ordinary boys and how their life is about to be changed forever.I still wish that the book was a little longer. [5], "Category List – Best Juvenile | Edgars Database", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Closed_for_the_Season_(novel)&oldid=969278761, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 July 2020, at 13:20. We’re glad you found a book that interests you! RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2009, Thirteen-year-old Logan Forbes will have a lot to say in his “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” report in seventh grade next fall. To see what your friends thought of this book. 6 of 50 people found this review helpful. We’d love your help. For these reasons, I was impressed this book could appeal to a broader base of students. Logan and Arthur become good friends and Arthur tells his a story that the old next door neighbor Mrs. Donaldson was murdered in the house. I chose to read this book because it looked like a good mystery story, and it looked scary. I grew up in a small shingled house down at the end of Guilford Road in College Park, Maryland. My favorite quote from the entire book was, "Grandma and I knew there was something wrong. When his parents bought the house they didn’t know that the owner of the house had been murdered there, but soon after they move in their next-door neighbor a boy name Arthur told Logan that someone had broken in and ripped the whole house apart looking for something. The ideal audience for this book is both boys and girls in the fourth and fifth grades. THE PUPPET'S PAYBACK AND OTHER CHILLING TALES. Also, there's a pretty awesome dog. Logan finds out because of Arthur that a murder had occurred there, or that's what Author thinks anyway. Plot Keywords The reason I chose this book was because I had nothing else to read. Closed For The Season and Brewkah Assault, come for thrill, stay for the Nooj. Grades. Welcome back. The genre would be mystery. His family has moved into a house known as the “murder house,” he’s made friends with nerdy outcast Arthur Jenkins and the boys have teamed up to help solve a murder and find embezzled money hidden in the nearby Magic Forest, a theme park now bankrupt and fallen into nightmarish disrepair. (author’s note) (Fantasy. Logan quickly befriends a Bealsville nerd named Arthur Jenkins. You stay interested and ready to find out what happens. “Mrs Donaldson wa. by Clarion Books. The first-person voice serves the story well, though Logan occasionally seems too young for his observations. A boy named Logan moved into his new house. Use the HTML below. This book would be great for fourth to sixth graders and either boys or girls. A bookish boy, he’s looking forward to a fresh start and hopes of, for once, connecting with the in-crowd. Then one night, they have to take a secret trip to the Magic Forest, meeting. Murphy’s charming pen-and-ink drawings populate the short chapters of this funny, winsome novel. The main character Logan moves into a new house in a small town named Bealesville. Some students are reluctant to read Mary Downing Hahn books because she mainly writes about ghosts and hauntings. With the help of Violet's son, Danny they travel into the. June 15th 2009 I would rate the book Closed For The Season by Mary Downing Hahn a 4 out of 5 stars. In a film loaded with talent, dear sweet Nooj's gift takes us on a journey of self discovery. Twelve-year-old Logan Forbes moves from Richmond, Virginia, to the small-town suburb of Bealesville the summer before seventh grade. Logan Forbes 12 years old. The story is about Logan and his family and how they move into a house which people claim to be where an old woman was murdered. The stetting would be the amusement park. "Closed for the Season" by Mary Downing Hahn is the 2011-2012 Golden Sower Winner in the Intermediate level. She must break free from the park's grasp before she becomes its next victim. It's more of a murder mystery type tale, but I still had a good time reading it. —Anonymous. Elise Broach Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. What I found unappealing was that I thought the story was pretty slow, so at first I did not feel like finishing it. But I still liked the book. Arthur quickly tells Logan the story of Mrs.Donaldson who used to live in Logan's house until she was murdered. The stetting would be the amusement park. Mrs. Donaldson had been accused of embezzling money from the Magic Forest Amusement Park. Logan and Arthur become good friends and Arthur tells his a story that the old next door neighbor Mrs. Donaldson was murdered in the house. Our block was loaded with kids my age. Randy Cecil illustrated by When Logan Forbes moves into his new house in Bealsville,Maryland, he has no idea what secrets the house holds. Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young woman (Kristy) finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. View production, box office, & company info, Round-Up: The X-Files Posters, The Forest Teaser Art, I’M Dreaming Of A White Doomsday, Don’t panic, it’s just Closed for the Season, Mti Home Video Set to be "Closed for the Season".