Name: The Four-Story Mistake
ISBN: 0805070613

Elizabeth Enright

The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a brook provide Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver with adventures far different from the city life to which they are accustomed.

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The Four-Story Mistake

Sarah Sammis

The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright is the second book in the Melendy Family series. The family is saying goodbye to their home in the city to move to a larger house in the country. Think of it as a middle grade equivalent to Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1946).

Like The Saturdays (1941), this one is made up of episodic chapters. The early ones focus on how various family members deal with the move. Later ones focus on moving into the house, along with the ups and downs of buying an old farm house. Then there is the fun of exploring inside and out, including the discovery of a walled off room which brings to mind The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter (2018)

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