Happy Haunting

Ghostville Elementary #4

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey, Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)

Get ready for more spooky fun from the best-selling authors of THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. And you thought YOUR school was scary? These third-graders are haunted by a classroom full of GHOSTS!

Welcome to fright night! Mr. Morton's third graders have invited family and friends to visit their classroom. Cassidy, Jeff, and Nina are all set to turn the school basement into a haunted house for the festival. The problem is...the basement is already haunted! And these ghosts don't like visitors!

Can Cassidy and her classmates stop the ghosts before they crash the party? Or will their parents find out that the school is haunted...for real?

Genres: Halloween, Childrens, Fiction

96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Marcia 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.

Reviews

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay, this series is getting better!

First of all, the scary is fun and definitely spookier in this book. The adults are getting in on things a bit, and the kids are interacting with the ghosts more in a positive way sometimes.

Overall, I'm impressed and hope that this means the author is hitting their stride and that this series will continue to get better. I actually liked this one!

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This turned out to be a really sweet addition to the series. The character development continued nicely and the plot kept things moving along. The ending was absolutely endearing. I highly recommend this series for grades 2-3.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably my favorite in the series so far. It was a sweet ending.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creative characters and a great message of facing your fears and communicating with others.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

We've read a bunch of the stories in the The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, but this is the first book we've read in the Ghostville Elementary series by the same authors. This series just isn't available from our local library.

I discovered this book at a fundraiser bake sale/book sale at my work. I was thrilled to see one of the books in the series available at a very low price and the theme of the book seemed to be appropriate for the upcoming Halloween holiday. It's not specifically about Halloween, but takes place at the same time of year and the story features a haunted house.

It's a fast read and while the fact that the ghosts are children is a bit creepy, on the whole, it's an entertaining story. We enjoyed reading this book together.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

All you have to know is that I got it from my library at school. It is "fun" scary. There are some mysterious parts but it isn't frightening scary.

[Minjun · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are COOL