Thorn Hill Pam Smy Summary

She made her into the village and through the square to set up her market stall of curiosities, her display is a large array of fruit or flowers in the forest, sometimes she would find owl pellets and would sometimes dissect them to see what the owls have been eating. Often, she would display books that she has written one book was titled ‘The Modern Medicines’. One of the villagers picked it up and attempted to read it and her face was puzzled, she remembered them looking at her and saying to her ‘What’s all these here squiggles on this pa’er Mary?’ She placed it down and walked to the vegetable stall.

Meanwhile, Seth disobeys the rules and goes off into the woods. On his adventure, he spots an old shack covered in ivy and vines. He notices an old women that is gnawing on a rope that she is tied to. She asks Seth if he would come inside and share a cup of tea with her. Seth asks if she is a witch, then she becomes very furious and puts a curse on him. He sprints of like a cheetah and runs away from the “witch”. The next morning, their grandpa asks them “What do you suppose makes people so eager to break rules?’’ He keeps his eye on Seth. Seth explains to his grandpa that he was just very curious and that he met a creepy old lady. His grandpa nods and changes the subject. They are given some milk (the magical one) by Lena she said that it would give them the power to see “what is really out there.” Seth shows Kendra a hidden pond with gazebos, a boardwalk, and a boathouse. Grandpa explains that his yard is not a place for endangered animals, but for mystical creatures such as fairies, trolls, and imps. This land is known as Fablehaven and it is owned by lots of people, passed down every few centuries. He also explains that the old woman in the forest was actually a real witch. Her name is Muriel Taggert and the knots were her punishment for trying to put a curse on Fablehaven. After meeting

Just as they were making their way toward the shack out comes the witch. They carefully make their way up to her and not taking their eyes off of her. Not only was she a witch but a beautiful one, like no one they had ever seen. She

She hated her stepfather so much that she was barely home and always got in arguments with her mother, yelling at her for marrying such a bad man. Mary and her mother did not get along after her mom remarried so Mary drank and began to live like a hobo. There was nothing for the men to do back than besides drink so she couldn't really blame her mother for picking a man like that because that is how they all were. They just drank and drove around wasted. Mary was one of six kids, sister Kathie, brother Robert, sister Barbara (who she got along the best with), sister Sandra and then an adopted little brother. The adopted brother was very spoiled. Mary's mother had to find a job to help support the kids and when she was gone at work nobody was left to take care of them so their grandparents took care of them. Her grandma was born Louise Flood and her grandpa was Brave Bird. Her grandpa was killed when the horses which were pulling his wagon were startled by a lighting storm. The horses freaked out and caused the wagon to tip. Brave Bird got thrown out of the wagon and got tangled in the reins. The horses dragged him through the bush, over rocks, and over barbed-wire fence. When people found him he was dead. Her grandma ended up remarrying a man named Noble Moore. Noble Moore had a son named Bill who ended up marrying Mary's mom. Mary's mom had grown up and no longer was married to the

she is being accused of witchcraft. Mary has come to her senses to portray the truth, “I

That violent, crazy act was the last act of childhood. For as I gazed at the immobile face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood, The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility. She had been born in squalor and lived in it all her life.”

The grumbling started to turn into roars, which queued Mary to tell her friends that they had to go home cause she couldn’t play anymore. Mary was such a smart girl. Nine maybe ten years old, and she already had such a deep understanding of what her parents situation was like. I could tell she was trying to compose herself by acting like their fighting didn't phase her. She wasn't sitting by the bottom of the stairs listening like she normally does, but instead she stayed outside where her friends and her were playing.

It was a dark and stormy night, when Annabelle Heinsdorff was born by a water stream, 5 years ago. Her mother May ran ,she knew someone was watching her somehow. It was unacceptable, in her town. Annabelle never knew her parents, she wanted to meet them, but never knew how to get out of the house without passing by Madam. Madam Hailey always sat in her chair in the lounging area, with Fluffy ,her cat, in her lap. As Annabelle headed to school, in a place near Salem where the teachers were bile, she grab a piece of parchment and wrote a letter to her father, hoping would someday get.

Ms. Annette made a soothing noise. NO Kendall hadn’t known a world where she would have lied or ignored the whispers, like the ones that named her home the witch’s house. Kendal had only known the world where other children’s mother would whisk them if Kendall tried to play at the park or where bakers and butchers would refuse service to ‘abomination according to the Bible.’ But Kendall Obsurne face her trouble. Kendall thought of herself a brave. Her Grammy had often called her stubborn.

It is autumn of 1943 in Wolf Hollow, Pennsylvania, and Annabelle has just turned twelve. World War II rages outside, but it is far away. Then suddenly, Annabelle’s quiet life is turned upside down when a girl named Betty comes to live in the area. She hits Annabelle, is cruel to the other students, kills a quail, and even goes so far as to string a filed razor across the path Annabelle uses to get to and from school. In the middle of the turmoil, Annabelle’s friend Ruth loses her eye when a sharp stone flies out of the woods. When Annabelle accuses Betty of throwing the stone, she says a man named Toby threw it. Toby has wandered the hills ever since he came back from the war in France. Adults and children alike believe Betty’s story. Then

When she looked back of course. In the moment, it was merely an oddity- it almost never rained in Los Angeles. Most often, it was quite dry. But on that chilly Thanksgiving morning, storm clouds rose high into the sky as if they were creating a barrier between Earth and Heaven. However, Anne would soon find that comparison to be incorrect. For on that special day of blessings and gratitude, Anne Emerson’s parents would be murdered. By whom, she would never find out. Extremely close to both her mother and her father, she went through a state of shock for almost a month, in which she would not talk and she was oblivious to the events occurring around her. So she barely recalled the strange manner in which she was put into the orphanage two towns over. Anne did have many uncles, aunts, and grandparents. Nevertheless, she was bizarrely placed in a crumbling and run-down residence alongside children who had nowhere else to

Evelin Rasch had known about ghosts since she was eleven years old. She was with her friends Maria and Silje at the park, and she saw a mysterious-looking woman with white hair, pale skin, and very old-fashioned gray clothing. When she mentioned this female stranger, her friends looked at her like she was nuts. Later that day, when Maria and Silje weren't around, Evie had gone back to the park. Sure enough, the woman in white was still there.

Anne Shirley is an imaginative little girl. She gives places names that she thinks suits them best. Anne gave a name to a gloomy spruce grove calling it, the Haunted Wood. Then one day Marilla, who is Anne’s adoptive mother, told her to walk through it and Anne wouldn’t. Marilla told Anne to put an end to the Haunted Wood. On her way to Green Gables, Anne came up with a name for Mr. Barry’s pond, saying the name, Lake of Shining Waters, gave her such

The more influence the husband’s mom has on the family, the more isolated and paranoid they become, ultimately leading to their son’s demise. The husband’s mom is the one who, quite literally, helps fund the family’s fear by buying extra bricks to make the wall surrounding the house higher. This, among other factors, starts a perpetuating cycle of the family’s worry of intruders. The husband’s mom is also one of the main reasons for the little boy’s death. With the combined factors of the extra safety measures and the book of fairy tales, the “witch” indirectly kills the beloved son. This, in turn, is what gives her the nickname relating to the bedtime story, the “wise old witch”.

Bethany opened her eyes and looked around her room, which felt more like a dungeon to her. Pale white walls, one small mirror, a beat up old dresser, and her bed so tiny it was barely big enough for one, filled the room. She only had a few keepsakes, but her favorite was the framed photograph of her and her father that was sitting on her dresser. Her mom had left when Bethany was only six years old. Her dad then remarried to a very unpleasant woman and then passed away a few years after. It has been eight years since he died. So now, Bethany was stuck with her “Evil Step Mother” as she liked to call her, but her real name was Margaret. Not to mention her daughters Mary and Anastasia, who were definitely a handful. They are the same age as Bethany, eighteen. Ever since Bethany’s dad died, Margaret claimed everything that was once his. Bethany was left with nothing except that framed photo and this dusty cellar she called a room.