Jade Green: A Ghost Story

Reader reviewed by Joe M.

Jade Green is about Judith Sparrow, who goes to live with her uncle in his mansion after being orphaned. He has a rule that she can bring nothing that is green into the house. Not seeing why this is a rule, Judith takes only one green item: a green frame that contains the picture of her mother. Hiding it in the closet in her new room, Judith takes little notice to the scratching sounds coming from her closet door.

While trying to find out just who Jade Green was, Judith becomes sucked into a murderous plot that revolves around the fate of the young girl who died many years ago. Left teetering on the edge of sanity, she will come closer to Jade's secret, as well as her ghost.

This was an exceedingly creepy book. I would not recommend reading it before bed, unless it's a weekend, and you have no reason for getting up on time, because you will definitely be unable to sleep.

Full of gruesome details (the hand was a nice touch...), this is a book containing many questions: Who really is Jade Green? Why and how did she die? And now that her ghost is back, is she good or evil? Jade Green is sure to haunt your house, too.

Reader reviewed by perlycc14

The book Jade Green: A Ghost Story I really enjoyed! I read this story when I was a girl and it made me want to keep on reading. This story can inspire young minds from all over. It can inspire kids to keep on reading, because reading is rewarding, and it makes you smarter. This book is an outstanding read because it makes you wonder whats going to happen next. It also is a good book for kids, because it will make them like books even more then before. This book is funny, amusing, interesting, and very entertaining. This book is a good mystery, and a good novel. I give it a A+!

Reader reviewed by mearley

Recently orphaned Judith is sent to live with her kind uncle Geoffrey.  Uncle Geoffrey's only condition is that nothing green is allowed in his home.  Judith can't bear to part with a green picture frame holding a photo of her parents, so she sneaks it into the house buried deep in her trunk.  Soon, however, she starts hearing strange noises coming from the closet...

This was a compelling ghost story, hard to put down.  Judith's lecherous cousin Charles was much more disturbing than the ghostly Jade Green; he is one of the most creepy characters I've ever read.  Jade Green reminded me of The Secret Garden, Jane Eyre, and What Lies Beneath.  Don't read it alone!

Reader reviewed by Eve

I really like this book about the haunting that seems to be triggered by a color. As you can tell by the title the color is green. When an orphan is told not to bring the color green to her new caretakers' house she doesn't pay attention and brings a frame. So what happens next is a wonderful story about why and what is haunting this house.

Reader reviewed by Hannah



this book was phonaminal! it had romance, suspence, scary stuff! i loved it!and it wasn't one of those books you could predict what would happen it would drawl you into it more and more.i love this book i wanted to read it over over and over! but....sadly...i had to return it. haha. oh well i ll just check it out agian! you REALLY want to read this book. if i loved it you'll love it

Reader reviewed by Noxzeema

Fifteen year old Judith Sparrow comes from an orphanage to live with kind people who live in comfortable quarters.

They have but one rule: nothing green is permitted in the house.

But this one rule, she has broken. The only remembrance of her mother, who died in an insane asylum, is a picture in a green silk frame. She feels this one object will not do anyone harm.

But this small piece of green awakens the spirit of Jade Green, the girl who used to live in the house, until she was murdered.

It is not an overtly obvious who-dun-it, yet I'm sure that if you paid careful attention, it's not hard to figure out. But the story if beautifully enhanced with love, and the acceptance of her new family.

Reader reviewed by Leigh

It was great! I recently read this book, as a fith grade I thought it was better than any other book I've read( I've read alot!)It's about this orphan girl who is sent to live with her uncle, but there is a twist, the color green in forbidden in the house. Judith brings a picture of her mother in a green silk frame. From gossip at Hellene's Hat Shop she finds that a girl not much older than her was murdered in her new home. The girls name was Jade Green. Will Judith Sparrow solve the mystery of Jade Green, or forever be haunted by her sprit. You can find out for yourself!

Reader reviewed by artemis

This book didn't wow me at all. The ending is basically tossed at you during the first chapter and I found some parts to be quite disturbing. Her forty-year-old cousin's advances were too much for me. She was only sixteen! Gross! It seems like he only wants a kiss from her but turns out he wants much more. The romance is very cheesy being that all Judith ever thinks about is Zeke, the miller's son, who ultimately winds up being her knight in shining armor, so to speak. To sum it up: Jade Green, the ghost kills the cousin, Jade is rescued (again) by Zeke and they run off together--presumably to live together somewhere and get married. Boring. Don't waste your time with this one.

Reader reviewed by noxzeema

Judith Sparrow goes to live with her Uncle, after her parents die and she is left orphaned. She, her uncle, and everyone else in the house, begin to bond with Jane. Her Uncle has only one rule: no green, is ever allowed in the house. , with much regret, breaks this rule.

It is a green silk picture fame, which holds her favorite picture of her mother.

But even this little amount of green awakens the ghost of Jade Green, a girl who used to live there, who used to sleep in Judith's room.

This book kept me looking over my shoulder for ghosts every 10 minutes, awesome book with strongly developed characters.

But even this little amount of green, awakens the ghos

Reader reviewed by Katie Gal

I really liked this book. It was a mystery kind of. It made you wonder if there really are ghosts in the real world. I would recomend every age 12+ to read this tragic story of a young girl.