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Why did Caleb and Kenny have to run away from Olney Lane?
The men talk about how they can preserve their slave trade, by motivating the slave trade workers outside to go to Olney Lane to silence the blacks who live there. Caleb disappears.
What happens in the book something upstairs?
When 12-year-old Kenny Huldorf moves to Providence, Rhode Island, he soon discovers that his attic bedroom is haunted by the ghost of a teenage slave named Caleb. Before long, Caleb summons Kenny back in time, where Kenny finds himself entangled in Caleb’s murder and deeply troubled by the century-old injustice.
What is the resolution of something upstairs?
This is were Kenny meets Caleb,the ghost. This is also were the resolution of the story takes place. Kenny finds out that Mr. Willinghast is just a ghost in his time, and is a slave merchant in Caleb’s time.
What is the genre of something upstairs?
Young adult fiction
Horror fictionMystery
Something Upstairs/Genres
Avi
Something Upstairs/Authors
Who wrote the ghost of Dibble Hollow?
May Nickerson Wallace
The Ghost of Dibble Hollow by May Nickerson Wallace | Goodreads.
Who wrote something upstairs?
What grade level is upstairs?
Something Upstairs
| Interest Level | Reading Level | ATOS |
|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 – 7 | Grades 2 – 5 | 4.1 |
Where does Kenny find Caleb in Something Upstairs?
Kenny goes to Olney Lane and finds Caleb who has a musket. Then the angry drunken mob approaches, but Caleb confronts them, and gets hit in the face with a rock before Kenny pulls him back. The mob sets fire to one of the nearby houses. Caleb is so furious that he shoots and kills one of the mob.
How old is Kenny from the book Something Upstairs?
Kenny is a 12-year-old boy who moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, where, in his room, he is haunted by a ghost, who turns to be Caleb. He is small in stature, has light hair and freckles. He carries around a Los Angeles Dodgers keychain.
What happens at the end of Something Upstairs?
Caleb is so furious that he shoots and kills one of the mob. The mob tries to go after Caleb and Kenny, but they escape in the rain. Kenny and Caleb retreat to their house. After figuring a way to lock the room from the inside, Kenny goes out to seek help, but is stopped by Pardon Willinghast, who has a proposal for Kenny.
Who is the author of the book Something Upstairs?
Something Upstairs (also published as Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts) is a young adult historical thriller fiction novel written by Avi first published in 1988.