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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Series: 43 Old Cemetery Road


Cover art for HOLLYWOOD, DEAD AHEAD
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 2, 2013
by Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise

"Another winner for this inventive series. (Humor. 8-12)"
This fifth hilarious excursion to Seymour Hope's address in Ghastly, Ill., takes the little, idiosyncratic family to Hollywood when an unscrupulous movie mogul decides to film their stories. Read full book review >
Cover art for TILL DEATH DO US BARK
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2011
by Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise

"Good, merry fun dances on every page, with bubbling humor for child and adult alike. (Humor. 8-12)"
The third installment in this cheery little series set in the town of Ghastly adds several new characters: siblings Kitty and Kanine Breth and a dog loud enough to wake the dead. Read full book review >
Cover art for OVER MY DEAD BODY
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2009
by Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise

"Even the addresses on the letters add to the comedy of this light, diverting romp. (Fantasy. 8-12)"
The laughter continues in this second installment of the Klises' series about a ghost and her friends. Read full book review >
Cover art for DYING TO MEET YOU
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2009
by Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise

"A quirky, comedic romp. (Fiction. 8-14)"
Plenty of fun lurks in this ghost-story comedy when a dried-up, unsociable writer, I.B. Grumply, rents an old house already occupied by Seymour Hope, an abandoned boy, and his best friend, Olive, an active and bossy lady ghost. Read full book review >