A young girl goes to live in a big old house at the edge of town. She quickly discovers that the house is haunted. Fortunately for her sake, she isn't just a girl, but a witch who knows how to capture ghosts. Just wait till you see what she does with those ghosts! Smiles will come while enjoying this cute story with just a hint of spookiness.

Reviewed by: mec

Date read: 10/21/2009

ISBN-10: 1596434279

ISBN-13: 9781596434271

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Matt Hamilton and his family have just moved to Timber City. At the annual 4th of July town picnic at Rathburn Park, Matt hears about the fire that destroyed the original town, and all the ghosts that haunt the park. Although he's been warned not to, while he's there, he goes for a walk in the mysterious woods. Matt gets lost. He is led out by a dog, a dog no one else can see. Then he meets a mysterious girl named Amelia. Amelia says that she lives on the Rathburn Estate, even knows her way around, and all the secret passages. But her old fashioned clothing, and the fact that Matt's been told the only one living there is an old lady, cause him to wonder about her. Can she be one of the ghosts he's heard about?

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0385327676

ISBN-13: 9780385327671

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Tom Golden is a normal boy. About the only thing the least bit unusual about him is that he is new in his school and that he is picked on by bullies and just about everybody else. In the depths of his misery, he sits crying quietly on his bed. At the same in another part of town, Grey Arthur sits in misery on a park bench. He has been a ghost for years, but he just can't seem to find where he fits in. He has trained as a sorrow summoner, a screamer, a poltergeist and even a faintly real, but has been a miserable failure at all of them. Both boy and ghost cry out at the same time, 'Life isn't fair.' With that, Grey Arthur and Tom Golden become connected. Arthur becomes Tom's invisible friend. A friend Tom doesn't even know he has until an accident somehow enables Tom to see Arthur and all the ghosts in the ghost world. When a ruthless con man finds out that Tom can talk to ghosts, Arthur must protect him from more than gum in his hair and notes on his back.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 11/11/2011

ISBN-10: 0689874731

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Tom Golden and his ghostly invisible friend are back with their ghost friends for another adventure. Although Tom is still the victim of bullies at school, life is starting to become bearable thanks to his ghost friends. Then disaster strikes. A ghost appears on the scene that can be seen by ordinary humans. Once a human sees and believes in this ghost, he can see all ghosts and then they can lead others to see ghosts as well. If the whole human world becomes aware of the ghost world it could mean all out war between the two realms. Can the Invisible Friends find this ghost before it is too late? Read A Good Day for Haunting to find out. This is the third adventure for Golden and Grey.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 11/19/2011

ISBN-13: 9781416908630

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Grey Arthur and Tom Golden are back for another adventure. Arthur has taken an ad in the Daily Tell-Tale calling for students to join his Invisible Friend's school. To Tom's dismay, ghosts start showing up at his door. First comes a faintly real who can't quite make herself be seen, then a particularly cheeky poltergeist, followed by an overly dramatic thesper. To top things off, the fourth ghost to show up is of all things a screamer. Tom finally gets all the ghosts settled, with the screamer in the garden shed away from his parents. Then ghostly friends start to disappear at an alarming rate. Even their own beloved Mrs. Scruffles goes missing. Can Tom and the invisible friends find out what's happening before the whole ghost world is emptied? Read this second book in the Golden and Grey series for a delightfully spooky adventure. The first book in the series is Golden & Grey (An Unremarkable Boy and a rather remarkable Ghost.)

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 12/7/2011

ISBN-13: 9780689875861

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