Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Copyright Date: 2007

Edition Date: 2007 Release Date: 07/01/06

Pages: 128 pages

ISBN: 0-8368-6824-2

ISBN 13: 978-0-8368-6824-1

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2006012804

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Ghost stories.
Ghosts. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 27,170

Reading Level: 7.4

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 7.4 / points: 5.0 / quiz: 108705 / grade: Middle Grades

This short-fiction series of spine-chilling stories will thrill young readers with its tales of horror, mystery, and the supernatural. Selections include both short prose and excerpts of longer works by well-known authors such as Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and Edgar Allan Poe, and introduces the work of a number of less widely known writers, including Gertrude Atherton, Frank Norris, Amelia B. Edwards, and J. Sheridan LeFanu. Brief biographies relate each piece of writing to its author's life and times and provide information about other works by each writer. The topic and full-color illustrations will capture the attention of reluctant readers.

The Canterville ghost / Oscar Wilde
The narrative of the ghost of a hand / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte
The haunted doll's house / M.R. James
A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens
The ship that saw a ghost / Frank Norris.