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K-3
In Willie's third encounter with the mysterious, he has more to contend with than the ghost in his friend Kyle's new house: when Kyle moved away, Lucy became Willie's new best friend, but now Kyle is back in the neighborhood. This neatly managed conundrum is a half step up from the easy reader genre and eminently accessible--at once funny and scary with expressive cartoon-style illustrations that zoom with energy.