Bone-Chilling Ghost Stories

by Jen Jones

Overview

When people die, do they leave part of themselves behind? Throughout history, people have heard and seen ghostly evidence of a world beyond the grave. Read about a doomed English queen, a creepy talking doll, and a shape-shifting wolf. Then whistle past the graveyard if you dare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429699815
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Series:	Snap Books: Scared! Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Los Angeles-based author and journalist Jen Jones speaks fluent tween. She has written more than 50 books about celebrities, crafting, cheerleading, fashion, and just about any other obsession a girl in middle school could have — including Planning Perfect Parties: A Girls’ Guide to Fun, Fresh, Unforgettable Events andher popular Team Cheer! and Sleepover Girls fiction series for Capstone. Along with writing books, Jen also covers food, lifestyle and fun for publications includingLA Confidential, REDBOOK, San Francisco, Whole Life Times, Thrillist,and many more. She is a graduate and current adjunct faculty member of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

Table of Contents

Are Ghosts Real? 4

Family Curses 6

Spooky Places 14

Famous Ghosts 20

Finding Ghosts 30

Read More 32

Internet Sites 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
Gr 3–6—Kids won't be able to resist these exciting collections of ghostly tales-even if they do have to sleep with the lights on. After all, what child doesn't want to read about paranormal prisons or the Mongolian Death Worm? The color palette is appropriately dark and the font choice is reminiscent of typewriter text, which adult readers may find distracting but is unlikely to bother children. The content is introductory and not exactly curriculum-based, but the further reading suggestions and topical websites provided through a publisher's link will help students who want to learn more. Overall, worthwhile additions that will deliver on both the joy of reading and the fright factor.

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