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48 pp.
| KidHaven |
December, 2008 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7377-4086-8$26.20
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4-6Mysterious Encounters series.
These books present descriptions, origins, and anecdotes about the title subjects. Fortune-Telling includes contemporary practitioners; Ghost Ships focuses on legends about historical "abandoned ships." Sidebars provide alternative explanations, though the texts do tend to present the supernatural as fact. Curiously, Johnny Depp makes his way into both volumes. Stock photos and illustrations break up the texts. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Mysterious Encounters titles: Ghosts Ships and Fortune-Telling.