# Does anyone know what this book is called?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 19, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749 "2005-11-19T01:44:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/1 "2005-11-19T01:44:04Z")
We read it in primary school, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was called. Basically, a girl gets a notebook or something like that from somewhere, and she writes a description of a house in it; when she sleeps, she dreams she’s in the place. At some point, this boy also starts appearing there; he’s in a wheelchair. The girl gets annoyed with the boy, and writes more in the notebook adding large stones (with I think an eye) which keep watch on the house very omniously so that the boy can’t get out. Eventually she changes her mind, and writes in a exercise machine that the boy uses to build up his legs to the point where both of them can escape from the house and the watching stones.
Anyone recognise it? I may be pretty wrong on some of the details.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/2 "2005-11-19T02:40:30Z")
**Marianne Dreams** , I believe. Never read the book, but I did see the [movie](http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0098061/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cT1wYXBlcmhvdXNlfGV2PTF8bXg9MjB8bG09NTAwfGNvPTF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPTE_;fc=1;ft=21) based on it (for future reference, Cafe Society is usually best for the “what is this song/movie/book” threads)
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/3 "2005-11-19T02:46:14Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#):
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> **Marianne Dreams** , I believe. Never read the book, but I did see the [movie](http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0098061/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cT1wYXBlcmhvdXNlfGV2PTF8bXg9MjB8bG09NTAwfGNvPTF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPTE_;fc=1;ft=21) based on it (for future reference, Cafe Society is usually best for the “what is this song/movie/book” threads)
(your link goes to the IMDB Pro site)
[Paperhouse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098061/)
Pretty good movie. A shame it’s Charlotte Burke’s only movie. She had a lot of potential.
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### Author:  [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/4 "2005-11-19T03:20:45Z")
Ta, guys/girls, that’s the one! And **Cat Fight** , thanks for the tip, i’ll remember that next time 🙂
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/5 "2005-11-19T05:31:38Z")
And I’ll remember that not everyone is privileged enough to be a member of the imdb pro elite. 😉
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-book-is-called/331749/6 "2005-11-19T07:55:11Z")
I just read that book! It was creepy and very good. Glad someone else remembered the title though, because I didn’t.