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when The Four Stanley Children Meet Amanda, Their New Stepsister, They're Amazed To Learn That She Studies Witchcraft. They're Stunned To See Her Dressed In A Strange Costume, Carrying A Pet Crow And Surrounded By A Pile Of Books About The Supernatural. It's Not Long Before Amanda Promises To Give Witchcraft Lessons To David, Jamie And The Twins. But That's When Strange Things Start Happening In Their Old House. David Suspects Amanda Of Causing Mischief, Until They Learn That The House Really Was Haunted Long Ago. Legend Has It That A Ghost Cut The Head Off Of A Wooden Cupid On The Stairway. Has The Ghost Returned To Strike Again? publishers Weekly snyder Has Won Three Newbery Honors And Other Awards For Her Novels, Including Those Starring The Stanley Children. Here They Are Embroiled In The Occult When They Meet Their New Stepsister, Amanda, An Aspiring Witch. Pw Praised This Book As ``exuberant And Original,'' And A New Generation Of Readers Are Sure To Agree. This Is The First Of Seven Snyder Titles To Be Released Periodically In Paperback Editions. (812) DAVID OFTEN WONDERED about how he happened to be sitting there on the stair landing, within arm's reach of the headless cupid, at the very moment when his stepmother left Westerly House to bring Amanda home. Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult.