The Ghost Witch [Library Binding]

Betty Ren Wright (Author), Ellen Eagle (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1993 | Age Level: 8 and up

Jenny and her mother are all set to move into old Miss Nagle's mansion when Jenny discovers the house is haunted.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-Horror fans will enjoy this pleasantly scary story. Jenny is terrified of the old house that Mrs. Nagle, an elderly family friend, has bequeathed to her mother. Odd sounds and strange sights have convinced her that it's haunted. However, her sensible, widowed mother sees this gift as a wonderful opportunity to get out of their cramped apartment and makes light of her daughter's claims. Jenny, with the help of Mrs. Nagle's cat, meets the ghost of the woman's grandmother-the once well-known witch of Willowby Lane. After years of being ignored, the cantankerous old phantom is delighted to have a youngster to haunt. The girl talks her into moving to a residence that a neighbor is setting up for a Halloween benefit. The local kids are truly scared out of their wits, the event raises money for charity, the witch is exhausted but happy, and the heroine is free to live in a no-longer haunted home. Readers will enjoy the imaginative pranks of the specter and the resourceful way that the child conquers her fear and solves her problem. The story is smoothly written, and the preadolescent characters are involved in believable relationships and interchanges.
Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. Jenny and her mother have been left a lovely old house, one that will at last provide Jenny with her own room. But while Jenny and her mother are readying the house for the move, Jenny comes face-to-face with a ghost, the Witch of Willowby Lane, who is delighted she will be having a new young resident to haunt. It takes some ingenuity, but Jenny discovers a way to make everyone happy--the witch gets a new ghosting gig at a Halloween haunted house, and Jenny and her mother get a spook-free home. Simply written with large type, this is a step up from beginning chapter books and should find a wide-ranging audience. A picture per chapter breaks up the text, but the art sometimes depicts hauntings that would have been better left to the imagination. Ilene Cooper

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 103 pages
• Publisher: Holiday House; 1st edition (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823410366
• ISBN-13: 978-0823410361
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,737,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is scary yet funny, I've read it so many times!, July 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ghost Witch (Library Binding)

The Ghost Witch by Betty Ren Wright is wonderful you can read it anytime or anywhere. Jennys mom's friend died and so Jenny and her mom inherit the lady's house and are going to move in unless they don't want to. Jenny meets the ghost witch and wants to stay in her apartment rather than move, but her mom wants to know why. At Jenny's school they are going to have a Halloween dance and afterward Mr. Barker is going to have a haunted house, so Jenny makes a deal with the ghost witch that she stay there and haunt there rather than stay at Jenny's house. They agree and Mr. Barker earns money from scaring so many people. In the end the witch is too tired to even make one more monster and tells Jenny that she needs to rest so she can make better monsters for next years Halloween. The perfect book for anytime or anywhere!

5.0 out of 5 stars Ghost, August 1, 2007

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Heather St Pierre "Ang Mon De eL" (Mesa, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost Witch (Paperback)

this story is always my favorite. the end is my favorite as it is happy. She is chosen to watch over a house. House is told to be haunted with the ghost witch. witch ghost scare people but she have courage to face her. she made pact with ghost witch. ghost witch will not haunt the house forever by allow witch to scare people on halloween. house became her forever.

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book, June 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ghost Witch (Library Binding)

when jenny makes the deal with the ghost witch is my favorite part. :-)