Young Kenny Huldorf’s room in an 18th-century Providence house comes complete with bloodstained floor and the ghost of Caleb, a slave murdered nearly 200 years ago. In the kitchen theres a door that opens to a narrow flight of stairs that corkscrew up to a. A suspenseful tale of multiple hauntings, time travel, and murder in old Rhode Island. The main character has an unwelcome guest in his bedroom that only he can see. Late that night, awakened by sounds coming from where the small room is, Kenny opens the door to a horrifying tale from the past. SOMETHING UPSTAIRSThe house is very, very old-built in 1789. Something Upstairs by Avi, is based in 1700s New England. All day long Kenny can't shake the feeling that someone is in the attic with him. While he puts his things away, Kenny discovers a small room at the far end of the attic with a mysterious dark stain covering the center of the floor. Something Upstairs by Avi 9,444 views 44 Dislike Share Save Jason Smith 32 subscribers Subscribe Show more Comments are turned off. The mystery deepens The room was shabby and dirty, heavy with heat. But things start to look a little brighter when Kenny's Mom shows him his new bedroom: a long, open attic with plenty of room and privacy. Read 284 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. His new home, The Stillwell House, was built in 1789 and, like everything in Providence, it seems old-fashioned and somber. It was as if, from under that box, a body was struggling to be free.'-from Something Upstairs Kenny Huldorf is not happy when he learns that he and his family will be moving all the way across the country to Rhode Island, a state smaller than Los Angeles, the city he's known his whole life.

These hands and arms seemed to be not flesh and blood but sculptured, glowing smoke.

'What Kenny saw-or thought he saw- were two hands, then two arms, reaching up from the stain, pushing away a box of his mother's old books that was sitting on it.