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Sep 15, 2020 | ISBN 9780525645740 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
Nov 12, 2019 | ISBN 9780525645719 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
Nov 12, 2019 | ISBN 9780525645726 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
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Sep 15, 2020 | ISBN 9780525645740 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Nov 12, 2019 | ISBN 9780525645719 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Nov 12, 2019 | ISBN 9780525645726 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
What if there was a ghost in your brother’s room? This kid-friendly mystery about three friends who try to help a restless spirit find peace is perfect for fans of Under the Egg and The Book Scavenger.It stinks. Danny’s older brother has moved out and gone to college–and Danny doesn’t even get his nice big room. But you know what’s worse? It seems that he’s left behind an angry ghost!With the help of his friends Nat and Gus, Danny interviews everyone his Brooklyn neighborhood to find out about spirits. Is it an Arabian ghoul? A Korean gwishin? A Polish haunting? Maybe the answer lies with Danny’s own bubbe and her tales of a dybbuk, a Jewish spirit. In the end, one thing is certain: a good night’s rest is hard to get when a ghost is around.
What if there was a ghost in your brother’s room? This kid-friendly mystery about three friends who try to help a restless spirit find peace is perfect for fans of Under the Egg and The Book Scavenger.It stinks that Danny’s older brother moved out and went to college. But you know what’s worse? He left behind an angry ghost in his room!With the help of his friends Nat and Gus, Danny interviews everyone his Brooklyn neighborhood to find out about spirits. Is it an Arabian ghoul? A Korean gwishin? A Polish haunting? Maybe the answer lies with Danny’s own bubbe and her tales of a dybbuk, a Jewish mythological ghost. Regardless of its origins, what does the spirit truly want? And can Danny manage to bring the phantom to rest?“Gently scary with plenty of fun . . . absolutely delightful.” —Kirkus Reviews“As addictive as your favorite video game. I couldn’t put it down.” –ADAM GIDWITZ, New York Times bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm on Click Here to Start“This is one adventure no gamer should miss!” –GORDON KORMAN, New York Times bestselling author of Restart on Game Masters of Garden Place
Denis Markell has written three other novels for kids–the puzzle-packed mystery Click Here to Start, the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired adventure The Game Masters of Garden Place, and the kid-friendly horror story The Ghost in Apartment 2R. He lives in Brooklyn… More about Denis Markell
“[An] affectionate tribute to a richly diverse, close-knit Brooklyn neighborhood and its multigenerational residents.” —Publishers Weekly“ A layered chiller that is also a valentine to the story’s setting.” —Booklist“A diverse, interesting cast . . . hair-raising ghost stories . . . to appeal to fans of comic spookiness.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s BooksPRAISE FOR CLICK HERE TO STARTA School Library Guild selection An Amazon Best Books of the Month Selection“In this clever debut, Markell takes readers on a clue-filled adventure…[and] maintains an energetic, entertaining balance of character-driven narrative and tricky challenges.” —Publishers Weekly“Highly entertaining…a well-paced read with fully realized and likable characters…[and] should have strong appeal to gamers, fans of video game-based stories, and reluctant readers.” —SLJ“This book will appeal to a wide audience. Readers who enjoyed Schreiber’s Game Over, Pete Watson will enjoy the video game component; fans of Fitzgerald’s Under the Egg will enjoy reading more about the Monuments Men; detective story aficionados will revel in the inclusion of The Maltese Falcon story. This is a great book to hand to just about any middle grade reader.” —YA Books Central PRAISE FOR THE GAME MASTERS OF GARDEN PLACE“So inventive, and so much fun!” —Wendy Mass, NYT bestselling author of the Candymakers series“A love letter to a legendary game.” —Michael Northrop, NYT bestselling author of TombQuest“An epic adventure…for young fans of Stranger Things.” —SLJ“An exciting new adventure exploring friendship…[with] often humorous commentary on social issues. —Booklist“Both funny and heartfelt…[it’s] a story that has as much to offer diehard fans as it does newcomers to fantasy role-playing.” —The Bulletin
South Carolina Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2021
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