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prone to triggering need to close their eyes at the beginning of pageand just turn to pageto resume reading this quintessential's children's mystery.
This is the first mystery and first "big" book I ever read and it hooked me for life!!! I just want to make mention of how much this book confused me as a child with the description of aliens.
I didn't understand this meant people illegally in a country, I was imagining them carrying little green men across the countryside on horses, which was completely out of sync with the rest of the story.
Ha. Perhaps the first mystery I ever read, and unlike other whodunnits of my youth I mean you, "Franklin W.
Dixon" it's even rereadable as an adult, Janice and Tommy are excited to visit their Aunt Annabelle and cousin Hubert in northern Maine for the summer.
When they arrive, though, they find the house and surrounding property is shrouded in mystery, A bit spooked, the kids decide to get to the bottom of it all, hoping to prove their aunt's new house isn't cursed and that ghosts are lurking behind every corner.
They only have the summer, though, and no real leads, Until the night of the storm, . .

A fun, slightly scary story for children, I first discovered it when I was in elementary school.
It hasn't lost its charm, though, and has stood the test of time, Though it was written in's, there is very little other than a bit of talk about women on their own in the country that date it.
Their are a few topics that might be considered hot button issues today, such as illegal border crossings, but I felt they were handled in a way that children would understand both then and now.
I believe I read every one

of Mary C, Jane's books when I was a kid, Most had already been published by the time I started them, but she did write a few more new ones that I quickly bought.
I loved all of them, The Ghost Rock Mystery was as good as any of them, Her novels, which were nearly all set in Maine, made me want to visit the state and my wish came true when I was aboutand since then I made many, many more visits.
I wound up living in Boston for a number of years beginning in the mid's, I think it was inI drove up to Maine to stay at a friend's place for a few days and I got to wondering about where it was that Mrs.
Jane had livedor still lived I didn't know if she was still living or not, As I neared my destination I decided I would stop in the nearest public library and ask if by chance anyone there might know anything about Mrs.
Jane. As luck would have it, the first librarian I asked said "Oh, Yes! She was just in here yesterday reading to the kids! She lives over in Newcastle.
" That was the next town along the coast, so I got directions to her house and went over and knocked on her door.
She answered herself and before I finished telling her who I was and that I had been a big fan of her books as a kid, she invited me in and we wound up having a real pleasant visit for an hour or so.
She was an incredibly nice person, very energetic, sharp and funny and before I left she gave me copies of two of her books she still had a small supply of and autographed them for me.
Of course, I still have them today along with some of her others I found in used bookstores over the years.
Aboutoryears later I was driving up the coast of Maine along with my girlfriend at the time, and we stopped again at Mrs.
Jane's house. The window blinds were all drawn and I thought that didn't look goodmaybe she wasn't there any more.
After a few moments one of her sons opened the front door to see who was sitting in a car in front of the house.
I told him who I was and as it turned out Mrs, Jane was still living in the house, and she told her son to let us in, And even though she was obviously ailing, she was still perfectly sharp mentally and as friendly and witty as during my earlier visit, making some jokes about the ordeal of getting old among other things.
So I was very glad we had stopped to see herI like to think we cheered her up a bit, as she did for us! It was maybe in the next year or so I saw her obituary and brief story about her life in the Boston Globe newspaper.
I felt honored to have known Mrs, Jane, both through her books and in person too, I'll always remember our visits, Three kids help stop people coming "illegally" into the US and help their independent and capable aunt/mother get tied down by the settling influence of a man.


Without those two central ideas this would have been fun like famous five or something.
I received the book for free through Goodreads Giveaways, A good mystery for kids! I really liked the Ghost Rock in the story, It made a truth about smuggling seem like a real event, And it is, but the way the rock was used here is awesome, Janice and Tommy and Hubert didn't know they had the answer all along, It's nice too, that Aunt Annabelle and Mr Grant become more than friends, A good book for all to read, once more! As a child, I received this book in one of the batches that I purchased periodically at school.
That was way more years ago than I wish to admit, I simply loved it! I imagine that was a foreshadow to the end result of my becoming a paranormal researcher/investigator and mystery/ghost story writer as an adult.
I applaud Mary C. Jane for grabbing the attention of, and inspiring, someone so young, I lost the original paperback I had but as an adult, purchased a signed, first edition to keep on my shelf for further inspiration.
A fun mystery thriller for young and old alike, A dated childrens story

Lots of unfortunately typicalofthetime language regarding nonwhites, and references to how unmarried women are unable to manage for themselves but “need a man” and the like.
But the plot line is such that it could be updated and yet wouldnt lose the essence of the story, so I went with four.
Maybe if the authors family someday issues ast century version, we can move it intostar range, but until then we do need to have discussions about “aliens” “wetbacks” and how women arent arbitrarily helpless without a man in their lives.
How fun to revisit this favorite from my childhood! Challenges: May/books Middle Grade Mayth book Steeped in Books/TBR Jar Stack/Book.
Reading my favorite author from childhood a series ofmysteries of unrelated characters and settings, each standing alone, and each offering a great read for the 'inner' nine to eleven year old.
This has a great setting in an old house called a 'tourist home' in New England in thes, now would be a bed and breakfast.
It also offers a 'border' story of smuggling illegals across the Canadian Border and an interesting narrative on that attitude of both borders in the light of the many views of 'border' matters in the present time.
As was the first of Jane's mysteries, 'Mystery in Old Quebec', a very satisfying read, Another classic Mary C. Jane juvenile mastery. With this tantalizing title and cover of sleuthing children near a rambling country house, I snapped up “The Ghost Rock Mystery” and was impressed beyond my expectations.
It easily garnered five, not only for its atmosphere that was truly magnificent, between the natural landscape and an old manor.
I was also amazed by the depth, complexity, and very original construct of a multilayered mystery all worked out within a humblepages.
It is action packed and suspenseful all throughout but never superficially, It breezes along with keen consideration for the back stories woven into it and realistic emotions of all the people.
Relishing this adventure fromwas as exciting and relatable to anything published today,

I will readily seek all of Mary C, Janes work on my secondhand shopping forays, I noticed that this is her second novel, with its setting on the Canadian border and involving our officers in dense forest on both sides.
Her first novel pertains to us outright with the title “Mystery In Old Québec” but she is from Maine, USA.
I am glad she lived until age, May the publicity of reviews like mine make her name and work popular again, It may be out of print but it sure can be talked about, Its compellingcover is the artwork of Gerald McCann,

My sole objection is that authors should never use ghost titles unless books are paranormal.
Draw your crowds honestly and we will love whatever you produce,

Aunt Annabelle and her Son, Hubert make a new life in the wild, giving Janice amp Tommy the freedom to explore with their Cousin.
Their determination to find a rock with legendary vibrations was riveting because hardly anyone recalled which boulder it was.
Its correlation to crimes miles away is fascinating, I am a huge Nancy Drew fan, This book is written around the same time period and is very reminiscent of Nancy Drew, I just loved it. Very quick read and fun, I will have to read more of her books, my favorite part was when the mystery was solved, the worst part was when bad people were coming across the borders, my favorite characters were the mystery solvers, the worst characters were the people that were coming across the biorder at night, aurynyears old,Love! Love! Love this book! I read it over and over again as a child and always wished that it would be made into a movie.
I was pleased to find out it was now available as an ebook and so I downloaded it.
I read it in one sitting and even as an adult the story did not disappoint, the casual racism and sexism, . . yikes Of course Janice and Tommy don't believe in ghosts or haunted houses, But when they visit Aunt Annabelle's guest house in Maine, they begin to wonder, . .

Why does the sinister guest creep around the top floor when he thinks everyone is asleep How about the flickering light that appears out of nowhere in a midnight storm And what can those hoofbeats in the big rock mean

If Janice and Tommy are to help Aunt Annabelle, they must prove that Mountain View House is not really haunted.
And there is no time to lose,