The Ghost in Room 11 - Hardcover

Wright, Betty Ren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823413187 ISBN 13: 9780823413188

Publisher: Holiday House, 1998

Synopsis

Matt Barber, a youngster with a reputation for telling tall tales and stretching the truth, cannot get anyone to believe that he has seen a ghost and that the school is haunted.

About this title

About the Author:

Betty Ren Wright is the best-selling author of many books for children, including "'The Dollhouse Murders"' and "'Christina's Ghost"', both of which received the Texas Bluebonnet Award. She live in Racine, Wisconsin.

From Publishers Weekly:

Wright's (Haunted Summer) lackluster ghost story about a haunted school comes off as more silly than eerie. New student Matt Barber quickly loses credibility with his peers when he tries to impress them with tall tales about his mother, who "does stunts" in the movies, and his "treasure hunter" father. Tagged as a liar, the fourth-grader has trouble convincing anyone he has seen a phantom teacher roaming the halls outside classroom 11. But the ghost?schoolmarm Whipple who "died at her desk, correcting papers"?is real, and she vows to haunt Matt until he improves his spelling. As unconvincing as the novel's strained plot is its cast of two-dimensional characters: a principal who shares Matt's spelling problem; a teacher who calls the Barber home regularly to report Matt's shortcomings; and an irritating apparition, who badgers students with the motto: "Try Hard. Then Try Harder." Fans of spooky school stories will find few thrills here. Ages 7-9.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0823413187
• ISBN 13: 9780823413188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Rogers Jacqueline