The next day where Lydia is now riding home from school on her bike. "What time is it?", asked Adam. "About 3:30 PM, I guess", said Barbara. "Give or take a year", said Adam. Lydia returns home. "Hello?" called Lydia. "Well? Did you get the paints?", asked Adam. "Yes", answered Lydia "And I took pictures of the new town hall for you, too." "How'd you do on that science test?", asked Barbara. "It was gross", answered Lydia. "They wanted me to dissect a frog. I told 'em no way. I said it was against my religion. So I got a "C." "What about the math test?", Barbara. "You have got to be kidding me?", answered Adam "We spent the whole week studying for that test." "I got an "A." So, can I?", asked Lydia. "Well, I don't know. Got a "C" on the science test", answered Adam. "Don't tease her", said Barbara. "You never got an "A" in science...". "Come on", said Lydia. "Well... I suppose", said Adam.
The whole place brightens as the objects move in rhythm. Harry Belafonte's "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" starts playing. Upstairs in the study room, Charles is reading "The Living and the Dead: Harmonious lifestyles and peaceful co-existence" which, ironically, is the same publisher of the Handbook. "This reads like stereo instructions", said Charles. "Sounds like Lydia got an "A" on the math test." Delia comes into the study with a sculpture of snake Beetlejuice which scares Charles. "Geez!" exclaimed Charles as he falls off his chair. "He likes it", said Delia. Lydia lip-syncs the song while floating in the air. Adam and Barbara dance below.
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Beetlejuice: The Novelization
HorrorAdam and Barbara Maitland die in a car accident and become ghosts trapped in their home. When a new family moves in, the ghosts try to scare them away, but fail. The only one who can see the ghosts is Lydia Deitz , the teenage daughter of the new fa...