CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
"Easy to booktalk, this is a solidly plotted ghost story for middle-grade readers. (Fiction. 9-12)"
Twelve-year-old Josh expected his summer with an elderly relative in Carbon City, Wash. to be utterly boring.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 26, 2005
"A welcome addition to the venerable Stepping Stone series. (Fiction. 7-9)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2003
"The ghostly drama's source in the Civil War lends the whole an historical frisson entirely appropriate to the setting. (Fiction. 9-13)"
A new family, an old war, and an older house provide the ingredients for this satisfyingly spooky ghost story.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 8, 2002
"A satisfying read for those who like some character development along with their not-too-scary ghost stories. (Fiction. 9-12)"
Matt Hamilton is more interested in learning about history, especially that of his new residence, Timber City, than he is in meeting other 11-year-olds who live there.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 10, 2001
"This not only delivers the thrills young readers love, it will have them eagerly awaiting more ghostly encounters with Allie. (Fiction. 8-12)"
In this genuinely exciting and suspenseful sequel to The Ghost of Fossil Glen (1998), DeFelice revisits her plucky heroine sixth-grader Allie Nichols, picking up her story only three weeks later.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2001
"While much of this territory may seem familiar, it is never old to young readers who like their humor laced with blood-curdling screams, and just can't get enough. (Fiction. 8-14)"
If R.L. Stine, Charles Dickens, and Lemony Snicket gave a writers' workshop, any resulting fiction might not be a literary masterpiece, but it would have deliciously wicked currency with young readers.
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