The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

King, Daren

Frightfully Friendly Ghosties: Ghostly Holler-Day

114 pp. | Quercus | January, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62365-155-8 $12.95

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by David Roberts. The amiable ghosties return for another lightly macabre caper. The crew goes on a "holler-day" to Frighten-on-Sea, where they become embroiled in a mystery involving their missing friend, Headless Leslie; a haunted Victorian pier; and a menacing-looking ghost magician who's been wreaking havoc in the seaside town. The self-consciously quaint story's somewhat tortuous plot is buoyed by Roberts's pleasingly spindly, Gorey-esque line drawings.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen