What is the book all the lovely bad ones about?
Master storyteller Mary Downing Hahn tells the eerie tale of a mischievous brother and sister who pretend their grandmother’s Vermont inn is haunted and awaken the real spirits who inhabit the place. Travis and his sister, Corey, can’t resist a good trick.
What is the theme in all the lovely bad ones?
The theme to All the Lovely Bad Ones is that when you go making trouble, you’re the one fixing it.
How old is Corey in all the lovely bad ones?
11-year-old
The lights blink on and off, the radio zips through its stations at top volume, and “shadows race around the walls, laughing and taunting [guests] with insults relating to the size of [their] rear end[s].” What sets this apart from a run-of-the-mill spooky tale is not simply that the protagonists, 11-year-old Corey and …
How many pages does the book all the lovely bad ones have?
182 pages
Bibliographic information
| Title | All the Lovely Bad Ones |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sandpiper Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0547248784, 9780547248783 |
| Length | 182 pages |
| Subjects | Juvenile Fiction › Horror Juvenile Fiction / Horror |
How did Corey convince the Jennings there was a ghost at the inn?
What does Corey do to convince the Jennings that the Inn is haunted? Corey dresses in a white night gown and wearing spooky make-up, walks out of the grove, points toward the Inn, and screams knowing that the Jennings are awake and watching for ghosts.
When was all the lovely bad ones published?
2008
All the Lovely Bad Ones/Originally published
Who is the author of all the lovely bad ones?
All The Lovely Bad Ones is a 2008 children’s book by Mary Downing Hahn. It’s about two mischievous youngsters sent to their grandmother’s inn for the summer. When they decide to play a ghostly prank on the inn’s guests, they accidentally summon a real haunting.
How did all the lovely bad ones get their name?
When they decide to play a ghostly prank on the inn’s guests, they accidentally summon a real haunting. The book’s title is taken from the poem “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley, which the author inscribed to all children—including “all the lovely bad ones.”
Who are the lovely bad ones in the Outsiders?
The “lovely bad ones” begin to appear to them in solid form. They are children who once stayed at the poor farm and were mistreated. These children, Caleb, Seth, and Ira, tell Corey and Travis about the cruelties Miss Ava and her brother subjected them to.
Who are the lovely bad ones in Fox Hill Inn?
Unseen voices laugh and call themselves “the lovely bad ones.” Frightened, the children talk to a new guest and ghost hunter, Eleanor Chester. They explain that the haunting was just a joke, but that now strange things are happening to them. She tells them their antics have somehow woken up the real ghosts of Fox Hill Inn.