The Ghost Sitter

The Ghost Sitter
Author: Peni R. Griffin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2002-09-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101142588

For fifty years, ten-year-old Susie has waited for her parents and sister to come back. Each new family who moves into her home seems not to notice her, except for the young children. Susie likes children. She even likes baby-sitting, but can she baby-sit forever? Why can't she get anyone else's attention? Charlotte is looking forward to a great summer in her new home, despite her many baby-sitting duties. But someone else seems to be helping her watch her little brother. Someone only he can see. Gradually Charlotte realizes her all-too-normal house is haunted-by the ghost of a girl who doesn't or won't realize that she's dead. Set around the Fourth of July, this story offers two perspectives-one of the living and one of the dead-in a wholly entertaining and thought-provoking way.

Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters

Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061975532

When Araminta’s almost-grown-up cousin comes to babysit she brings two naughty ghosts with her—another fun, kooky adventure in the Araminta Spookie series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. If you’re looking for chapter books for kids ages 6-10, this series is a great choice. Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac are heading off to Transylvania on Araminta's birthday—without Araminta. To make matters worse, Araminta will have a babysitter. When that sitter turns out to be Araminta's supercool cousin, Mathilda, things start to look up—except Mathilda shows up with two rowdy ghosts who destroy the house and ignore all the rules. Can Araminta come up with a Plan to get rid of these two bad ghosts once and for all?

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2006-07-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060774819

Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.

Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat

Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060774908

Things get even spookier at Spookie House when Uncle Drac's nephew Max comes to stay for a week and Araminta goes on a combined werewolf and vampire hunting expedition.

The Ghost on the Stairs

The Ghost on the Stairs
Author: Chris Eboch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416996273

Thirteen-year-old Jon and his eleven-year-old sister, Tania, are typical kids—except Tania can communicate with ghosts. Their parents also happen to be the producers of a ghost-hunter television show—and have no idea one of their own kids can see ghosts. In The Ghost on the Stairs, the brother-sister duo join forces to help reunite a newlywed couple from beyond the grave. In The Riverboat Phantom, Jon and Tania try to help the ghost of a steamboat worker find peace at last—and find more than they bargained for on the river!

The Bungalow Mystery #3

The Bungalow Mystery #3
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0448479710

A special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Bungalow Mystery, the third book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years—Nancy Drew has to help Laura Pendelton retrieve her family jewels, but they have to act quickly! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss!

Ghost

Ghost
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481450166

Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.

Took

Took
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544551532

A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years.

Ghost Sitter

Ghost Sitter
Author: Christobel Mattingley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1984
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780744400410

The hero of this story is a boy called Claudius Hobbs though he prefers not to publicise his first name. He and his friend Brett help Miss Klein, a supervisor at their school, to move endless cartons of toilet paper into a store room off the headmaster's study. The toilet paper, Hobbs and the little-loved wife of a former headmaster all come together in the macabre climax of this very funny story. The illustrations by Australian artist Christina Brimage add a nice, light-hearted touch.

11,000 Years Lost

11,000 Years Lost
Author: Peni R. Griffin
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006-02-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780810992511

Fascinated with the archaeological dig that is going on near her Texas home, eleven-year-old Esther magically travels back in time to the Pleistocene era and discovers first-hand how people lived at that time. Includes a list of sources and author's notes.