Haunted America: A Spine-Tingling Tour of America's Haunted Places

by Matt Chandler, Suzanne Carbe

This series sends readers on a spine tingling tour of America. They will travel from coast to coast and uncover some of America’s most hauntingly frightful places. With eerie images and quotes from real visitors of the spooky sites, readers won’t want these tours to end!

Genres: Ghosts, Middle Grade, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Matt Chandler is a freelance writer and children's book author from New York. He is the author of more than 55 books for children. When he isn't working on his next book, Matt travels the country visiting elementary and middle school presenting his school author visits and writing workshops.

Matt has been writing professionally for more than 20 years.

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll admit, I got a wee bit creeped out reading this last night. The pictures are spot-on spooky.

I loved the format, easy to read for adults and children alike. Great photos, great quick facts that tell you where the place is and if it's open to the public. It only took me about 30-40 minutes to read. I think the fifth graders will enjoy it. Everyone likes a bit of spooky fun now and then.

Also, I do not plan on staying in any of those hotels that were mentioned. I don't know that I really believe in ghosts, but I do believe in the power of my highly imaginative brain to Freak. Me. Out.

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A creepy little book. I wasn't entirely sure what audience to suggest this to, however. Each entry is accompanied by definitions for certain words used (suggesting this is a book for younger readers), but the content, which handles stories of suicide, murder, and gruesome deaths, insinuates that this might be better for older readers. As for me, I would suggest this as a title to kids in junior high, or even a mature 5th grader, who has graduated from Goosebumps and is looking for something scarier.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book showed up in the mail today, and it couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I need a nonfiction ghost story for a reading challenge, and that's exactly what a friend mailed me for our All Hallows Read exchange. Plus it had pictures, was a quick read, and I don't think it will give me nightmares, so that's a plus.

[Sharie · Rating 3 out of 5]

never explains how their scary rating works. any one story isn't so scary that it's obvious either. descriptions such as "most haunted" graveyard in American don't seem to have enough info to determine why gets description.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The middle schooler in me gives this book five stars. The adult (that I suppose I am) gives it 3 stars.
This book gives tiny snippets of information, and I do mean tiny. The pictures are amazing though. I would also like to know how the authors arrived at their “scary ratings”.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great little read with lots of interesting information on haunted places across America. It would be fabulous to be able to visit many of them and experience them in person.

[Kristin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Full of lots of interesting places but very lacking in information. I ended up going on Wikipedia to find out more about most of them.

[Dewin Anguas Barnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet. Mentioned several places I has never heard about before.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little book, quick read and talks about all the paranormal activities that happens at these locations.

Loved reading about all these different places around the country.

[Sara Evraets · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, sweet and to the point… I love straightforward

[Esmeralda Serrano · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved how easy it was to follow and read the story’s .They also picked really good locations to put in the book .

[Janice · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the pictures, but the storytelling didn't do anything to excite the imagination. Kids would be better off picking up a Goosebumps book to get their scare on. The places are ranked but what was used to derive the ranking is unknown. Beside the pictures, the only other thing it has going for it is it's organized geographically.

Poor story telling. Just say no.