My Brother the Ghost (House of Horrors #1) - Softcover

Weyn, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064405575 ISBN 13: 9780064405577

Publisher: Trophy Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Their uneasy feelings about their new house are confirmed, when an evil spirit tries to take over Michael's body, forcing Sara to find a way to save her brother

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 3-7. When you run out of R. L. Stine, here is the start of another titillating mystery series for the Goosebumps set. Scary without being truly terrifying, Weyn's story updates the traditional theme of the haunted house. Sara and Michael Buckner move to their grandmother's old mansion at the top of Moonlight Drive, a place the town labeled "haunted" years ago. Something about the house makes them uneasy as well, a feeling that becomes more tangible when Michael opens the old wardrobe left in his room by the movers. When the adults are not present, his plastic dinosaurs become real, a Halloween mask begins to choke him, and a ghost that looks exactly like him stirs up trouble. Somehow the two children will have to corral the evil within their new home. The book is fast paced, with hooks at the end of each chapter that pull readers into the next. If subsequent titles are as strong, this series will find a happy home on your paperback book racks. Frances Bradburn

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-Sara and Michael's fears about moving into their family's eerie ancestral mansion prove justified when they accidentally release a long-imprisoned evil spirit. Although the adults don't notice the ghost's increasingly dangerous activities, the children know that he is out to destroy them. When the specter appears as Michael's exact double, Sara must identify her real brother to save him. Unusually well written for a horror series entry, this book avoids gratuitous gore, smart-alecky one-liners, and low-grade movie effects in favor of generally believable characters, natural dialogue, and some genuine suspense. Weyn has included numerous teasers throughout the book to indicate possible future stories. While this certainly isn't on a par with John Bellairs's books, it will provide pleasant, nonthreatening shivers for middle grade readers.
Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trophy Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0064405575
• ISBN 13: 9780064405577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136