The Headless Cupid
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| The Headless Cupid | |
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Alton Raide |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-440-43507-2 (Paperback edition) |
The Headless Cupid is a young adult novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. First published in 1971, the book was a Newbery Honor book for 1972. The book deals with David, an eleven-year-old boy, whose father remarries. David must deal with his new step-sister Amanda. Amanda is very much into the occult, and does not care for her new living arrangements.
Amanda tells David that she will instruct him, as well as his younger brother and sisters, in the ways of the supernatural. Not long after, the house seems to be possessed by a poltergeist. The haunting seems to have something to do with a headless cupid sculpture on the staircase banister. Is Amanda behind it? Or are the ghosts real?
[edit] Literary significance & criticism
This book has made the American Library Association's list of the one hundred most frequently challenged books for 1990-2000, due to the use of witchcraft by the children.
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