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The house on the gulf

A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a housesitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Housesitting > Young adult fiction. Grandparents > Young adult fiction. Florida > Young adult fiction. Mystery fiction > Young adult
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Summary:	A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a housesitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.
Physical Description:	201 p. ; 22 cm.
Audience:	008-012.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	0689854226 9781416914068
Author Notes:	Margaret Peterson Haddix was born in Washington Court House, Ohio on April 9, 1964. She received bachelor's degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing, and history from Miami University in 1986. Before becoming an author, she was a copy editor for The Journal-Gazette, a newspaper reporter for The Indianapolis News, an instructor at Danville Area Community College, and a freelance writer. Her first book, Running Out of Time, was published in 1995. She has written more than 30 books including Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Just Ella, Turnabout, The Girl with 500 Middle Names, Because of Anya, and Into the Gauntlet. She also writes the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award and several state Readers' Choice Awards. (Bowker Author Biography)