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135 pp.
| Scholastic/Chicken House |
August, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-439-84958-6$16.99
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PaperISBN 0-439-83308-6$4.99
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Young Tom teams up with his grandmother's sprightly ghost-hunting friend, Hetty, and an "Averagely Spooky Ghost" named Hugo to fight each of the titular baddies. The stories are formulaic but lively, and the interspersed caricature-ish illustrations and humor-leavened spookiness make these excellent Halloween reads (or read-alouds) for those not up to truly scary fare. A ghost protection manual is included. Review covers these titles: Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost and Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost.