A Ghost in the Family - Softcover

Wright, Betty Ren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590029533 ISBN 13: 9780590029537

Publisher: Scholastic Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Another spine-tingling ghost story from the master of the genre--and bestselling author--Betty Ren Wright.

When Chad's friend Jeannie invites him to visit her eccentric aunt, he soon finds he's in for more than a vacation. Aunt Rosebud runs a boarding house full of some really weird characters. As soon as Chad and Jannie arrive, bizarre things start happening. Chad's toothbrush floats around his room, a frightening Mummy appears-and disappears. And a panther leaps out of his closet. Chad desperately wants to go home, but he knows his father will never believe what's happening.
** Features Chad Weldon and Jeannie Nichols, following THE GHOST COMES CALLING & TOO MANY SECRETS

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6-This mystery features Chad Weldon and Jeannie Nichols, characters from Wright's The Ghost Comes Calling (1994) and Too Many Secrets (1997, both Scholastic). While staying at Jeannie's Aunt Rosebud's boarding house in Milwaukee, the two children stumble upon a mystery when Chad senses the presence of someone in his room and begins to feel more and more unwelcome and frightened for his safety. The story is rather repetitive and predictable. The characters are not well developed, relying heavily on archetypes such as the eccentric aunt, the mysterious fortune-teller, the precocious girl, and the all-American boy. The dialogue and descriptive narrative are rather dull. Supernatural occurrences throughout the story are more strange than spooky, and the solution to the mystery, who stole a valuable diamond bracelet, is contrived and unconvincing. While Wright's fans may choose this title based on her previous books, it isn't one of the author's strongest stories.
Megan McGuire, Lake View Elementary School, Madison, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0590029533
• ISBN 13: 9780590029537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92