Waiting Spirits (Chamber of Horrors, Book 4) [Mass Market Paperback]

Bruce Coville (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Unfinished Business

Lisa Burton and her little sister Carrie can't wait to leave Sayers Island. The weather is lousy, and they're bored stiff. Then one rainy afternoon their grandmother teaches them "automatic writing" to pass the time.

The seance quickly turns to terror when a restless spirit sends them a message. Things only get worse when Lisa realizes there's more than one ghost haunting the old house.

Fortunately, local hunk Brian Holme is willing to help.

But when angry ghosts confuse the living with the dead, is anybody safe? Can Lisa find a way to bring peace to these troubled spirits? Or will her little sister have to pay the ultimate price for tampering with the unknown?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Archway Paperback / Pocket Books (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671536400
• ISBN-13: 978-0671536404
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,925,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time as a child, dodging cows and chores to the best of his ability. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, and still has fond memories of rising ahead of the rest of his family so he could huddle in a chair and read THE VOYAGES OF DR. DOLITTLE. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. (A mind is a terrible thing to waste!)

His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.

Before getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). He left teaching in 1981 to devote himself to becoming a full time writer - though it took another five years to achieve that goal!)

Bruce has published nearly 100 books, which have appeared in over a dozen countries around the world and sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, and THE MONSTER'S RING. In 2001 he founded Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company dedicated to creating unabridged, full cast recordings of the best in children's and young adult literature.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So glad to see this book in finally back in print!, October 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Waiting Spirits (Chamber of Horrors, Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've never read another book to my middle school students that they enjoyed more. There is alot of exciting ghost action, a good intriging mystery and the students especially enjoy the realistic teen-age dialogue. The main characters quickly become the reader's friends and students beg "To just read us one more chapter!!"