Zack Files 03: A Ghost Named Wanda [Paperback]

Dan Greenburg (Author), Jack E. Davis (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Zack Files

Primary graders will love these illustrated first chapter books about Zack, an unflappably normal 10-year-old New Yorker to whom strange things keep happening. In A Ghost Named Wanda, a supernatural force that flips pancakes and makes the TV float is at work in Zack's apartment.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5. Zack is a normal 10-year-old boy with a knack for getting into weird situations. In Wanda, he attempts to rid his apartment of a rude eight-year-old poltergeist who communicates by spelling out words with peanut M&Ms. In Litter Box, he plans to adopt a kitten but instead acquires a cantankerous talking cat that claims to be the reincarnation of his great-grandfather. He sees his reflection in the Medicine Cabinet mirror and falls through into a skewed world that its inhabitants consider much "cooler" than ours. An electrical accident occurs at school and Zap!?Zack can hear thoughts, including a bloodthirsty voice expressing an eagerness to kill. The stories have a whacked-out, off-the-wall humor that is reminiscent of the work of Daniel Pinkwater. At the same time, they neatly poke fun at the conventions of popular horror series. Kids will find some of the episodes tremendously funny. Great-Grandpa the cat threatens to "take a leak" on the sofa if Zack doesn't provide him with his preferred food (herring with sour cream!); Wanda and a fellow ghost yank down a bully's pants. The books are short without looking babyish and would appeal to reluctant readers as well as those with a taste for oddball humor.?Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (August 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448412616
• ISBN-13: 978-0448412610
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY INTERESTING, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Zack Files 03: A Ghost Named Wanda (Paperback)

IT'S FACISNATING. THERE IS A LOT OF MYSTERY. IT'S ABOUT A GHOST , NAMED WANDA, WHO IS 8 YEARS OLD AND IS FINDING SOMEBODY TO PLAY WITH. WANDA FINDS AN APARTMENT AND MAKES A MESS OF THE FURNITURE IN THE ROOM . SHE WANTS ZACK TO PLAY WITH HER. BUT ZACK FINDS VERNON WHO HAS A GHOST NAMED CECIL. WANDA HATES CECIL . BUT WANDA AND CECIL PULLS DOWN VERNON'S PANT BECAUSE THEY GET ANGRY WITH VERNON. THE STORY HAS A NICE ENDING BECAUSE WANDA AND CECIL FIND A TOWN CALLED SPOOKSVILLE WHICH CAN'T EVEN SCARE A 5-YEAR OLD. SPOOKSVILLE IS IN THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Zach Files A Ghost Named Wanda, November 19, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Zack Files 03: A Ghost Named Wanda (Paperback)

I liked this book because i thought it was funny. i also liked it because Zach the little boy acts just like me for example he explianed how he always had a messy room which really relates to me ,and his dad is always is worried well for me it's my mom who worries about me.

I think the worst part was when wanda the ghost met cecil the ghost and they got into a big argument. The only reason i dident like it was because it really dident go along with the moral of the story because Wanda liked to be messy and cecil was very neat and at the end they ended up living together in a haunted house.

I think that the most vivid parts to me were the the setting and the plot .The setting was easy to visualize and see .For an example when wanda messed up the appartment and put suran wrap under the tolite seat ,and the the food falling out of the refrigorator .The plot of the characters was easy to see also like Zach a en year old boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes was easy to see because i think the author Dan Grennburg did an excellent job explaning!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is a good book, March 21, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Zack Files 03: A Ghost Named Wanda (Paperback)

I chose this book as my favorite book. This book it is funny. It funny because one time Zack was sleeping his room was clean but someone did it meessing. He clean it again. When he wet to brush his teeth it was meesing aging.