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GHOSTS
I don't know if it's Halloween that's got me in the mood for spooky things, or if I just really like ghosts. Either way I'm excited to share our newest book display. Since this display is brand new, it's scheduled to remain up until Christmas. Fun fact: traditionally ghost stories weren't just a Halloween thing. When day-to-day activities depended more on sunlight, people would gather around the fire on a cold winter night and swap spine-chilling tales. For example, one of the most famous Christmas reads--A Christmas Carol--is a Victorian ghost story. So enjoy the holiday season with a taste of the supernatural.

Ghosts and Other Specters
by Anita Ganeri and David West
 PowerKids Press, 2011.
Informational.

"Describes many different kinds of ghosts, and explains the specter spectrum, from spirits that appear in ancient myths to the contemporary ghost hunters who use modern technology to study paranormal activity."

Haunted Houses
by Robert San Souci
Henry Holt, 2010.
Fiction. 276 pp.

"A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts."

The House on Stone Throw Island
by Dan Poblacki

"Josie Sandoval and Eli Barker are the youngest of the wedding guests trapped on an island off the coast of Maine when a storm blows in--but this island is haunted by spirits seeking revenge, and the only clue that Josie and Eli have is a scrap of an old Nazi uniform and a voice crying out for help in German."

13 Scary Ghost Stories
by Marianne Carus and YongSheng Xuan
Scholastic Inc., 2001.
Fiction.

"Readers meet ghosts, werewolves, skeletons, and other creepy characters in this spine-tingling collection of 13 scary stories."

Wait Till Helen Comes
by Mary Downing Hahn
Clarion Books, c1986.
Fiction. 184 pp.

"Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom."

How I Became a Ghost
by Tim Tingle
RoadRunner Press, 2013.
Fiction. 141 pp.

"A Choctaw boy tells the story of his tribe's removal from the only land its people had ever known, and how their journey to Oklahoma led him to become a ghost--one with the ability to help those he left behind."

Dread and delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories
by Philippa Pearce
Oxford University Press, 1995.
Fiction. 348 pp.

"Forty ghost stories from English-speaking countries, written in the twentieth century by such well-known authors as A.C. Benson, Eleanor Farjeon, Joan Aiken and Leon Garfield."

The Girls' Ghost Hunting Guide
by Stacey Graham
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, c2012.
Informational.

"This illustrated guidebook gives girls the tools to safely explore the unknown using everyday household items- and helps them discover their own strengths using deductive reasoning."

The Haunting of Granite Falls
by Iva Ibbotson
Dutton Children's Books, 2004.
Fiction. 216 pp.

"When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle of Carra is sold, dismantled, and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating."

Bone-Chilling Ghost Stories
by Jen Jones
Capstone Press, 2014.
Informational.

"Describes well-known ghost sightings and the stories behind them."

The Crossroads
by Chris Grabenstein
Random House, c2008.
Fiction. 325 pp.

"When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past."

The Ghost's Grave
by Peg Kehret
Dutton Children's Books, c2005.
Fiction. 210 pp.

"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."

The Boxcar Children: Haunted Legends Special
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Albert Whitman & Company, 2016.
Fiction. 355 pp.

"Strange lights are coming from the Goldwin University clock tower at night. Are there ghosts on campus? .... Rumors swirl at the Trap-Door Theater when props begin disappearing and a seat appears to be haunted. What secrets lie behind the scenes? .... Someone--or something--is scaring visitors in Sleepy Hollow. Could the legendary headless horseman be real?"

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins, c2008.
Fiction. 312 pp.

"Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard."






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