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156 pp.
| Harcourt |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-15-205727-5$15.00
(2)
4-643 Old Cemetery Road series.
Illustrated by
M. Sarah Klise.
Olive C. Spence, the ghost of a never-published children's writer, encounters Ignatius B. Grumply, a (live) children's author experiencing writer's block. Together they write a ghost story, illustrated by eleven-year-old Seymour Hope. The fun here is in the narrative equipment--letters, e-mails, newspaper extracts, cast list--and embedded jokes. Mock-gothic fans will be eager to revisit 43 Old Cemetery Road in the anticipated sequels.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2009