This novel by an award-winning children's book author features the further misadventures of those two teenaged ghost-magnets: Hank and his spineless buddy Clifford. In this story, they encounter a mysterious old lady, a blustering landlord with a dark secret (and an itchy trigger finger), a fire-breathing white bull named Lucifer, and the dastardly Leach Brothers. All takes place around the mythical small town of Myrtleville, somewhere in rural Indiana. The themes of trustworthiness and learning to do the right thing are sure to please the discriminating selector of good books for young readers aged 8 and up - while the ghosts galore and everpresent humor will please the young readers themselves.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-Readers familiar with Bial's The Fresh Grave (Face to Face, 1997), featuring the same two boys, will not be disappointed with this sequel. It's a lively, entertaining, and energetic story. When a mysterious light suddenly appears in a deserted farmhouse on Old Man Crupp's land, ghost-magnets Hank and Clifford investigate and become entangled in a case that ultimately leads to the discovery of a murder. They encounter not only a ghost, but also a shotgun-wielding landlord and a fierce-tempered bull named Lucifer that guards the nearby woods against trespassers. The interactions of the engaging, sympathetic characters create a well-balanced story. The friendship between teenager Hank and the elderly, ghostly Bonnie Hawkins is refreshing, and nicely juxtaposed against the close friendship Hank has with Clifford and also with Rosie, a romantic interest. Bonnie helps Hank discover the love and respect that he has for the land, and Hank helps her find inner peace when he solves the mystery surrounding her sister's murder. Loose ends are wrapped up at the end; the ghosts can finally rest in peace, and Hank and Rosie's friendship has become closer than ever. This page-turner will keep readers looking forward to the further exploits of these two ghost sleuths.
Janet Gillen, Great Neck Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Janet Gillen, Great Neck Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Fifteen-year-old Hank has grown up on a farm in western Indiana, but he fears that his father will have to sell the land before he's old enough to farm it himself. Goaded by his cowardly friend Clifford to investigate the strange light that has been sighted on the old Hawkins place, Hank faces a crazy bull and a strange old woman who appears to have some knowledge of the past and of the future. His courage and loyalty pay off, leaving Hank with a bright future ahead. Readers who enjoy ghost stories will find the suspense satisfying and the main character a sympathetic young hero. Though the writing has its share of cliches and the ending is predictable, this novel is one of the few to deal with characters growing up in contemporary rural America. Hank and Clifford appeared in Bial's book of short stories, The Fresh Grave (1997). Illustrations have been contributed by Anna Bial. Carolyn Phelan
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Raymond Bial (pronounced Beal) is the author and photo-illustrator of more than one hundred critically-acclaimed books for children and adults, including Amish Home, Frontier Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, One-Room School, Ghost Towns of the American West, Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side, Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River, The Super Soybean, and many others. A skilled photographer, he works with ease in both color and in black and white. Working with both film cameras and digital equipment, he is best known for his versatility in portraiture, landscapes, and still lifes, and his sensitivity toward the people, places, and objects portrayed in his images.
The subjects of Raymond's books range from farm life to American social and cultural history. Appealing to young and old alike, his books are ideal choices for parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians to share with children. His most recent photo-essays are Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty, and Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River, published by Houghton-Mifflin, and The Super Soybean, published by Albert Whitman. He has also written three popular collections of mystery fiction for children: The Fresh Grave and Other Ghostly Stories, The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek, and most recently Shadow Island: A Tale of Lake Superior, published by Bluehorse Books. His books have received numerous awards from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Children's Book Council, and many other organizations. He lives with his wife, Linda, and children, Sarah and Luke, in Urbana, Illinois. His daughter Anna, who illustrated two of Raymond's books, is a fashion designer in New York City.
The subjects of Raymond's books range from farm life to American social and cultural history. Appealing to young and old alike, his books are ideal choices for parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians to share with children. His most recent photo-essays are Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty, and Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River, published by Houghton-Mifflin, and The Super Soybean, published by Albert Whitman. He has also written three popular collections of mystery fiction for children: The Fresh Grave and Other Ghostly Stories, The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek, and most recently Shadow Island: A Tale of Lake Superior, published by Bluehorse Books. His books have received numerous awards from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Children's Book Council, and many other organizations. He lives with his wife, Linda, and children, Sarah and Luke, in Urbana, Illinois. His daughter Anna, who illustrated two of Raymond's books, is a fashion designer in New York City.
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Lively, entertaining, highly recommended!,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek (Hardcover)
Teenagers Hank and Clifford encounter a mysterious old lady living in a deserted house, a blustering landlord with an itchy trigger-finger, a fire-breathing white bull named Lucifer, and the dastardly Leach Brothers in Raymond Bial's The Ghost Of Honeymoon Creek. Hank saves the day while running a gauntlet of ghosts galore in this "ghost story" novel for young readers ages 8 and up. Also available in paperback, The Ghost Of Honeymoon Creek is a lively, entertaining, and highly recommended for school and community library fiction collections. Additionally recommended is Raymond Bial's early adventures of Hank and Clifford in The Fresh Grave: And Other Ghostly Stories.
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