The Proof That Ghosts Exist (The Ghosthunters) - Softcover

Matas, Carol; Nodelman, Perry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554700140 ISBN 13: 9781554700141

Publisher: Key Porter Books, 2008

Synopsis

Molly and Adam aren’t thrilled about their dad’s upcoming birthday. Whether it’s a family curse or just bad luck, the Barnett males have a distressing tendency to drop dead the day before they turn 35. Their mom has a plan, though: a trip to the family’s lakeside cottage. It’s a great idea until weird things start happening. A problem at work means Mom can’t go. Grandfather’s creepy old desk and papers appear in Molly’s bedroom. A freak fall leaves Dad with a badly sprained ankle. Everyone blames Molly for the accident, saying she screamed for help while swimming in the lake, but Molly knows it never happened. Things go from bad to worse when a strange nurse named Reggie Crankshaft shows up out of the blue to offer his help. As Molly and Adam struggle to make sense of the odd events and figure out what really happened at the lake, their efforts to protect their father grow ever more desperate. This rip-roaring ghost story leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next installment.

About this title

About the Author:

CAROL MATAS is the internationally acclaimed author of forty novels for children and young adults. Her bestselling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into several languages. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4–7—Molly and Adam have been given the task of watching their father closely during their lakeside vacation. Several of the men in his family have died the day before their 35th birthday, and the Barnetts are determined to protect Tim's life. Meanwhile, the siblings connect with the ghost of Tim's father, who helps them piece together the mysterious deaths. The book ends on a cliff-hanger. A cut above generic series fiction, Ghosthunters nonetheless is a serviceable, not stellar mystery. It contains the requisite spiders, screams, and knives, but the story itself is workmanlike. Molly and Adam are obvious foils for one another, and the dialogue tries too hard to point out character development. The authors explain clues rather than allowing the plot to reveal information, and the story is linear rather than three-dimensional. Ghost stories by Marion Dane Bauer, Mary Downing Hahn, or Betty Ren Wright will serve as well or better.—Caitlin Augusta, The Darien Library, CT
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Key Porter Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1554700140
• ISBN 13: 9781554700141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216