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Synopsis
Every night the ghosts show up in Miranda's room, whirling and dancing around, stirring up all kinds of trouble. And every night Miranda is so terrified she hides under the covers, shivering in fear. How a scary witch's mask gives Miranda the courage she needs to get rid of the ghosts is a satisfying story that will help children conquer their own bedtime fears.
Author Biography: Udo Weigelt is the author of It Wasn't Me!, Who Stole the Gold?, The Easter Bunny's Baby, Old Beaver, and Alex Did It!.
Christa Unzner's previous books include The Clown Said No, The Spy in the Attic, The Man with the Black Glove, Meredith, the Witch Who Wasn't, Meredith's Mixed-Up Magic, and Nell & Fluffy. She lives in Berlin.
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About the Author
UDO WEIGELT has been writing for children since 1989. He has published many books with North-South.
NINA SPRANGER has been illustrating books since 1999. Her first U.S. book was published by North-South.
As a child, Christa Unzner filled mountains of paper with her drawings. After an apprenticeship to a window decorator, she went on to study design. She has illustrated many children's books, including young people's retelling of William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet. She lives with her husband in Nicaragua.
From Publishers Weekly
A girl uses her witch disguise to give the unwelcome ghostly guests in her bedroom a taste of their own medicine. On her way back from a Halloween party, armed with her scary witch's mask, Miranda decides to take care of the ghosts once and for all. When they show up as usual ("One crawled out from under the bed, another came out of the closet"), she is ready: "How dare you try to scare me!" As she berates them, the ghosts shrink and cower until finally they turn into feathers. Unzner (The Clown Said No) depicts the terrified fellows at the girl's beck and call. Wild-haired Miranda rides a grotesque-looking ghost bareback, while brandishing a lion tamer's whip and hoop as she chases the others around a circus ring. More than ordinary bedsheet spooks, Unzner's ghosts leer, their eyes pop, and long, fiendishly distorted noses protrude from amorphous expressions. Weigelt (It Wasn't Me!) doesn't fully explain how Miranda suddenly summons the gumption to take on all the ghosts at once. On the contrary, she seems so much in control of the situation that readers may find it hard to believe that she ever feared them. Ages 5-8.
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