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Ghostville Elementary #2
Ghost Game
The newest spooky series by the bestselling authors of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. Features a ghost class who does NOT want to share their room. And you thought YOUR school was spooky!
WHO WILL RULE THE SCHOOL?
It's BORING in the basement! And the ghosts in the class want to come out and play...with the whole school. Watch out Sleepy Hollow---it's haunting time!
The ghosts will only stop their horrible haunt if Jeff, Cassidy, and Nina beat them in a game of basketball. But these ghosts play to win. And they don't play by the rules.
WHO WILL RULE THE SCHOOL?
It's BORING in the basement! And the ghosts in the class want to come out and play...with the whole school. Watch out Sleepy Hollow---it's haunting time!
The ghosts will only stop their horrible haunt if Jeff, Cassidy, and Nina beat them in a game of basketball. But these ghosts play to win. And they don't play by the rules.
- GenresChildrens
96 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2003
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About the author
Marcia Thornton Jones
197 books70 followersMarcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.
Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,
Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,
Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
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July 12, 2019
It was...okay, I suppose.
I usually love ghost stories--of any kind, but this story just seemed...off.
I felt like the story didn't flow very nicely, one minute they were doing something, and the next minute they were doing something else, by they I mean both the kids and the ghosts.
One minute the ghosts were friendly and curious, the next they were mean and disruptive. I thought it would have been cool to team up against the school bully.
Even though the ghosts scared him off, I just felt like everything was still up in the air and nothing was resolved.
I usually love ghost stories--of any kind, but this story just seemed...off.
I felt like the story didn't flow very nicely, one minute they were doing something, and the next minute they were doing something else, by they I mean both the kids and the ghosts.
One minute the ghosts were friendly and curious, the next they were mean and disruptive. I thought it would have been cool to team up against the school bully.
Even though the ghosts scared him off, I just felt like everything was still up in the air and nothing was resolved.
February 24, 2020
This title was arguably better than the first in the series. The characters' personalities are beginning to come out more and the action was much more exciting. There was the perfect amount of review from the first title to remind the reader how the series started. I highly recommend this title for kids in grades 2-3 who like books about ghosts, but not very scary stories.
March 3, 2025
Don’t love this series. It feels pretty flat.
July 10, 2012
Sorry, still disappointed by this series. Too much coincidence (let's face it, what are the odds that this group of kids would have had knowledge of basketball when it was brand new when they died). I am seeing a pattern - Ghosts destroy school and kids get blamed. Why not just tell the adults what's going on and take your chances on them believing them. I don't know...it just feels like this could be done a lot better.
March 30, 2013
I read this as part of Real Men Read to 3rd graders.
This book just seemed to read 'flat'. The conversations of the characters seemed chopped and trite. The story seemed ordinary and didn't grip the kids.
An iguana appears that just seems tacked in to the story. It was hard to read it in a way that built any since of suspense.
I've been spoiled by 'Edgar Allen's Crime Scene Investigation Notebook.'!
This book just seemed to read 'flat'. The conversations of the characters seemed chopped and trite. The story seemed ordinary and didn't grip the kids.
An iguana appears that just seems tacked in to the story. It was hard to read it in a way that built any since of suspense.
I've been spoiled by 'Edgar Allen's Crime Scene Investigation Notebook.'!
June 8, 2009
These are spooky you know!
July 18, 2011
My son read it and it made him laugh so I had to see what was so funny. Ghosts playing basketball made him laugh out loud.
April 3, 2015
Good series for second grade.
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