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Summary Of A Samantha Mystery: The Curse Of Ravenscourt
A Samantha Mystery: The Curse of Ravenscourt was a mystery book written by Sarah Masters Buckey.Samantha who was known as Sam was the main character of this story.Sam lived with her Uncle Gard, Aunt Cornelia and her adopted sisters Nellie, Bridget, and Jenny. Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia decided to renovate their house, so they temporarily moved to Ravenscourt which was a new apartment hotel in New York City. Mr.Raven, the owner of Ravenscourt lived with his daughter Eloise Raven. Mr.Raven appointed his maid Mary to serve for Samantha's family as well. Mr. Winthrop, the manager at Ravenscourt was influenced by Walter Enderby, the owner of Enderby Towers who wanted to bring down the Ravenscourt. Martin, a doorman at Ravenscourt, was actually a detective. …show more content…
Kildany's grandson died because they were very poor and he didn't get enough warmth. So, Kildany blamed Mr. Raven for her grandson's death because he did not care about their difficulties and he was demanding every month's rent.Then, Uncle Gard had to leave for a business trip and soon Nellie and Sam learned about strange things happening at Ravenscourt.They drew up a list of strange things were a red 13 was painted on the sign, the furnace kept breaking, rats were in the building and Bridget and Jenny were infected with chicken pox.Later, Aunt Cornelia received a phone call from her mother and she went to visit her in Connecticut.Mary and Gertrude were looking after the children in the absence of Aunt
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