- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Other; 1 edition (Oct 31 1973)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0064400425
- ISBN-13: 978-0064400428
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #167,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A very unusual house...
Eddy and Eleanor Hall have always known that their family was a bit out of the ordinary. After all, they live in one of the most remarkable houses in all of Concord. But they never guessed just how extraordinary their house really is, or what tremendous secrets about their family's past it holds. That is, until they discover the magical attic room with its beautiful stained-glass window, abandoned toys, and two perfectly made-up, empty beds that seem to be waitingperhaps for two children just like themselves....
About the Author
Jane Langton studied astronomy at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan and did graduate work in art history at the University of Michigan and Radcliffe College. Ms. Langton is the author of a dozen books for young people, including six other fantasies about the Hall family of Concord, Massachusetts: The Diamond in the Window, The Swing in the Summerhouse, The Astonishing Stereoscope, the Newbery Honor Book The Fledgling, The Fragile Flag, and The Time Bike. Also well known for her mystery novels for adults, Ms. Langton lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
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EDWARD HALL SAT UNDER the front porch of the big house on Walden Street in Concord, Massachusetts, and thought about his two ambi in life. Read the first page
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EDWARD HALL SAT UNDER the front porch of the big house on Walden Street in Concord, Massachusetts, and thought about his two ambi in life. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A book for all ages.,
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This review is from: The Diamond in the Window (Paperback)
While I was a voracious reader as a child, there are a very few books from my childhood that stand out in my memory like beacons. This is one of those books. I was probably eight or nine when I first read it, and I still remember to this day lessons I learned from this book -- like putting the interests of others before your own, for example. One of the author's gifts is that she was able to teach such important lessons without this reader realizing he was being taught. As far as I was concerned at the time it was a vastly entertaining and enjoyable read. It was also my first introduction to the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau (albeit at a level a child could comprehend). If this book were required reading for every child, our world would be a better place.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic,
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This review is from: The Diamond in the Window (Paperback)
I started to read this book in third grade and was prevented from finishing by the school librarian. Having finally found it again in my thirties, it is even better than I remembered. I love the riddles solved in dreams and the references to Transcendentalism that I would not have understood as a child. I especially liked Eddy's palindromes, a really believable character quirk. (For another great palindromist character, read The Poisonwood Bible.) Still captures my imagination, exploring a rambling Victorian house to find hidden treasures.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Like nails on a chalkboard...,
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This review is from: The Diamond in the Window (Paperback)
I don't understand why this book seems so universally beloved--I could barely bring myself to finish it! Although the general storyline was compelling, the format was so predictable (search for poem item in real life, find poem item in dream, move on to the next stanza...) and the Transcendentalist and Concord references so ubiquitious, gratuitous, and downright dull, that only sheer stubborness motivated me to finish the book. Furthermore, the characters were entirely one-dimensional and their dialogue gratingly unnatural. I grew to despise not only Eleanor, Edward, and Freddy, but Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, and even Jane Langton herself. I don't think the author has a real grasp of who her audience is. I know she certainly isn't writing for me!(For a book that scratches the itch that this book fails to, read The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston--a book that comes as close to perfection as any I've ever read.)
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