Jack's dad is the new caretaker for the Dareville Community Theater. Jack is not looking forward to living in the rundown theater. To make matters worse, a ghost visits him on the very first day. The ghost promises to haunt Jack until he helps solve the mystery of his disappearance. What will Jack discover is the answer to the ghost's disappearance? The ending is Up2U. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Primary(1-3) Fiction Contemporary Realistic I like how this chapter book created a fun mystery adventure and how the main character Jack and the ghost Victor Dare compared themself's to Sherlock Holmes (as being great detectives). This story took place in the old Dareville's Community Theater. Jack's father had accepted a new position there as a care taker and he and Jack moved into the apartment inside of the old theater. On the first day Jack saw the ghost Victor Dare, whom wanted Jack to solve his disappearance. People in the community called this theater hunted, and told Jack that other have loss their lives there, due to the dark forces. At the end of the story Jack solved the mystery of Victor Dare disappearance.