Haunting of Francis Rain

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time and I've read alot of books. It's interesting in a fictional sense but meanwhile the main character still has her own domestic problems so the book is almost taking you into 2 different worlds and the transition is very well done and wasn't abrupt which is what many writers would do. I'd reccomend this book to anyone of any age.

I read this book a few years ago. I've read it at least 12 times since then. I love Margaret Buffie's books, but this one is still one of the best. The lake area where she writes is a lot like where I live and so I really know the way it looks and feels. She has caught it perfectly.

This was the first Margaret Buffie book I read and it's one of my favourites. I especially liked the setting and the use of the supernatural, but mostly it's the characters that interested me. I loved Lizzie's humour and all the struggles with her family. The storyline with the ghost was so sad and yet it couldn't have ended any other way.

Lizzie and her family visit Grandma ("Gran") at her Canadian cottage near Rain Island. The good thing is, Lizzie gets to relax and enjoy herself. The bad thing is, her rowdy family gets into arguments during their stay, due to the presence of Toothy Tim, Lizzie's new step-father. Lizzie decides to paddle over to Rain Island, despite Gran's declaration that it was off limits, and finds the old site of a cabin. She discovers a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles. Putting them on, Lizzie finds herself on the island as it was 60 years ago!

I LOVED that book!! Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. It's a very cool book. You've got to read it!