Pirates, ghosts, and adventure on the high seas at better combination to interest young readers who have grown up on Pirates of the Caribbean? This title in the Ghost Stories series includes two thin but engaging narrative accounts of ships said to haunt the ocean. The first surrounds the legendary Dutch pirate ship, the Flying Dutchman, which wrecked in a storm going around Africa's Cape of Good Hope. The other tells of the Young Teazer, a privateer ship that exploded during the War of 1812. Enhanced by ghostly backgrounds with color photo insets, each account includes a map showing where the disaster occurred, a "History Connection" text box, and purported sightings. A short section on mirages and foggy conditions offers scientific explanations for these spectral ships. Entertaining, but light on content.

OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Battlefields . ISBN 9781626174269 ; ISBN 9781681032191 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Cemeteries . ISBN 9781626174276 ; ISBN 9781681032207 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Hotels . ISBN 9781626174283 ; ISBN 9781681032214 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Mansions . ISBN 9781626174290 ; ISBN 9781681032221 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Palaces . ISBN 9781626174306 ; ISBN 9781681032238 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in Prisons . ISBN 9781626174313 ; ISBN 9781681032245 . OWINGS, Lisa . Ghosts in the White House . ISBN 9781626174320 ; ISBN 9781681032252 . ea vol: 24p. (Ghost Stories). chart. index. maps. photos. Bellwether . Aug. 2016. lib. ed. $25.95. ebk. $22.95. Gr 4-6 "Your evening prison tour just ended. You walk back past dark, empty cells." These opening gambits precede short accounts of two haunted venues in each slim volume. The publisher's promise that these books "burst with intense action [and] high-speed heroics" is heavily overstated, but there are interesting "shadows of the unknown." Anne Boleyn's ghost, her head tucked under her arm, is perhaps the eeriest figure, and the White House is an intriguing locale of contemporary haunting. Prisons focuses mostly on Al Capone and speculates on what drove him "mad." The busy, occasionally cluttered layout includes short bits of white text and assorted elements (maps, sidebars) in each spread. There's less commentary on ghosts and hauntings provided than in comparable series.