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147 pp.
| Houghton |
April, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-10567-6$15.99
(3)
4-643 Old Cemetery Road series.
Illustrated by
M. Sarah Klise.
Young Seymour and his caretakers, Grumply (alive) and Olive (a ghost), start a greeting card company but are soon distracted by Grumply's ex-girlfriend, Nadia. Meanwhile, two escaped convicts sneak into town and our mystery-solving family deals with Nadia's threats to publish Grumply's love letters. This funny mock-gothic tale (book six) is told through playful narrative devices: letters, newspaper clippings, and comical black-and-white illustrations.