The Ghost's Grave
Apprehensive about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner.
Apprehensive about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525461623 (0525461620)
Publish date: August 18th 2005
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Paranormal,
Academic,
School,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Horror,
Ghost Stories,
Ghosts
Josh's mom and stepfather recently moved, but he's begun to adjust. He plans on making new friends and settling in during summer vacation, and has already earned a place on the baseball team. Unfortunately, his parents will both be away for work this summer - jobs that are sorely needed - so instead...
I really thought that The Ghost's Grave was a fun book. In some ways it's a typical, "Mom-and-Dad-ruined-my-summer-by-making-me-go-stay-with-a-weird-distant-relative" story, but somehow this story was believable-lite, rather than completely in the realm of utter kid lit fantasy. The author accompl...