The Ghost Comes Calling [Library Binding]

Betty Ren Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1994 | Age Level: 8 and up

On a family vacation in a haunted cottage, nine-year-old Chad discovers whose ghost has been bothering his family and sets out to right the injustice done to the wandering soul so that it, and Chad's family, can find some rest.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-4-Another mystery from a prolific and popular author. When nine-year-old Chad's father gets a good deal on an old log cabin by the lake, Chad's older and wiser acquaintance, Jeannie, implies that there may be a ghost on the premises, and she's right. Many years ago, Tim Tapper was accused of causing an accident while he was driving a group of children in his truck. The real culprit, however, was an icy road, and Tim actually saved the children from harm. Chad must figure out a way to put the wronged ghost to rest. The characters are sketched just completely enough to play their parts in the plot; the ghost is scary but not terrifying. Chad and Jeannie's relationship improves a bit as she reveals her own fear and lends her support, treating him more like an equal and almost as a friend. A satisfying story.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 3-6. With a taut sense of timing and shivery suspense, Wright revitalizes the story of the mean ghost who cannot rest. Chad Weldon likes the shabby log cabin his dad has bought on the lake. Then his bossy friend Jeannie (who always makes him feel uncertain) tells him the shack is haunted by the old man who built it: he died with a bitter grudge against the town, and he doesn't want anyone in his house. Slowly, in time-honored fashion, the ghost gets closer. First Chad feels him lurking in the woods, hears the eerie howl of the ghost's dog; then there's a gray scowling face at the window, a clawlike hand . . . until finally Chad finds the confidence to go beyond Jeannie and put right the wrong done to the old man long before. The contrast between the cozy domestic world and the ghostly disorder intensifies the pleasure of the story. Wright picks up our fear of the rustle in the woods, the shadow on the porch, the uncertainty outside and in. Hazel Rochman

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 83 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590473530
• ISBN-13: 978-0590473538
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,151,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wright writes it scary, April 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ghost Comes Calling (Little Apple) (Paperback)

Not only woulde this story be frightening for children (its a forth level book)but it also was a little scary for me! One reason is probably because I read it just before I went to bed for the night, another because it really left you in suspense until the very last couple chapters of the story. I believe this is a good book for older children because it had some very climatic parts that would keep them really interested. Personally, I enjoyed the book because I like a little scare every once in a while. It was very easy and fun to read as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a book that rocks, October 11, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Ghost Comes Calling (Little Apple) (Paperback)

This book is great. It is about a boy who goes to a cabin over the summer with his dad and his aunt.His friend says that spooky acres was haunted because this guy Tim Tapper died and he never left .So one day he invited his friend over and they went swimming and then they heard a boat and then the boy really and that night he saw Tim Tapper's white face staring back at him. Then at like at the end of the book the boy and his friend found an old truck and then he tells his dad and they fix up the truck up and they put it in a park so that little kids could play in it at the park.I would reccommend you read this book,because it is really good and if you like scary books then you would like this book just like I did.