I received this book from the author in a LibraryThing giveaway.

Adam is a young boy and there is a strange thing about him--he can see ghosts and can talk to them. He and his parents have just moved into what he considers "the house of his dreams." The only thing wrong is that it is inhabited by another young ghost, Edward. Edward doesn't want Adam and his family to live there and will go to great lengths to get rid of them. Will Edward be successful? And what will happen to Adam and his family if he does?

This was a delightful story, just right for middle grade readers. I liked the flow of the story, the characters were "real" including the ghost and the descriptions were fantastic (the iciness of the Warriors reminded me of Harry Potter's dementors).

I would recommend this book to all middle graders that like ghost stories and maybe to other adults as well (there are those of us that like to read middle grade stories). ( )

I have and probably always will ghost stories. They don't have to be super scary for me to enjoy them. They can even be funny. I grew up in an old farm house in Indiana that was haunted. My great-grandmother refused to go upstairs for that reason. My grandmother slept upstairs and since she was deaf heard none of the things the rest of us did. It took years before my father would admit to what he had seen as a child growing up in that house. I guess that is where my love of ghost stories began.

In this story we have a young boy named Adam who has moved with his family into what they consider their dream home. There is one problem, there is a ghost, who prefers to be called 'an earthbound spirit' who lives in the house. Adam sees Edward sitting in a window seat and introduces himself to him. Edward is shocked to learn that Adam can see him. Adam knows a lot about ghosts since one of his best friends is a ghost. Edward starts out by setting up rules he expects Adam and his family to follow. They are more like a list of demands. Adam is not going to abide by this bossy ghost. When Edward doesn't get his way he seeks help and his wish is granted. A pack of Warrior Spirits will evict them. What will Adam do to protect his sister? How can his ghost busting grandfather help from so far away? Will he and Edward ever be able to work things out or is it too late? This is a quick book to read. It took me less than an hour. The pacing is great and will definitely hold the attention of kids. This is another great ghost story to add to my school shelves. For the reluctant reader it is short enough to entice them and the story is well written so it will keep them reading. I wasn't familiar with this author but I will check out her other books. Hopefully there will be future ghost stories.
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Dead Scary: The Ghost who refused to leave by Sally Gould
Don't usually read this type of book (about ghosts and such) but I did enjoy another book by the author.
This middle grade children's book and starts out when the family arrives at their new house. Their mother's uncle had died and left the house to her. It's huge and so are the rooms, back yard, tennis courts, etc.
Emily hadn't wanted to move and we had all picked out our rooms on our first visit. The little boy is comfortable talking to ghosts, not using words but just thoughts. Adam also sees their auras.
The ghost tells Adam of the rules of the house and what renovations had been made. Edward wants the family out of his house. Isabel, Adam's ghost friend takes him places to show him of the council and what they can and can't do. They all have rules.
Edward and Adam are finding way to compete with one another-Adam wants his family to stay in the house, Edward wants them all to leave. Grandfather might have some tips on what to do...
Lots of details on how things are done in the ghost world...a huge confrontation occurs and they realize they must get along. Like how the ending was because it proves ghosts can get along with humans.
Many other works by the author are excerpted at the end. Book was easy to follow along with all the ghost rules=gives you a good understanding as the story goes along if you can follow what's happening.
I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. ( )

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

(Spoilers within)

The story is simple enough. In this tale the main character, Adam, can see ghosts, or "Earthbound Spirits". He's always been able to do this and considers dealing with them a normal part of life even though his parents can't see them and don't believe they exist. His family inherits a dream home. Unfortunately, the ghost who lives there, Eddie, is stubborn and demanding and won't leave. Adam has to deal with Eddie all by himself.

I'd say there's mostly two characters in this book: Adam and Eddie. Other characters tend to exist to fill a role, like Adam's parents being big disbelievers, or his little sister being easily scared.

The story moves along at a good pace. The first strange I noticed was incomplete sentences. I think there were more of these at the beginning of the story than at the end, but there were still several cases.

His voice was as posh as.

Waiting until tomorrow to find out about this Edward Lawrence wasn't on.

Isabel, of course, thought she was as clever as.

Ghosts are pure energy, so teleporting is as easy as.

Every time I ran into one of these I stopped to re-read and make sure I hadn't missed something.

There were also times it just said stuff.

That must've been a good answer, because Mom gave me a quick smile and Eddie rolled his eyes and disappeared. We'd only just moved in and he already seemed to be fond of Emily.

His action doesn't show him being fond of her at all. It's just said out of nowhere.

So, the story goes along, Adam and Eddie can't stand each other, and Eddie decides to use his connections in order to force Adam and his family out of the house. Apparently, because of his high position in the Earthbound Spirit world, he can get the Council to send Warrior Spirits in order to force them out, and Warrior Spirits can essentially destroy a person's soul or something.

There were two things about the plot that boggled my mind.

One: When Isabel says, I don't see why the Council can't sit them both down and force them to work things out.

The response she gets is:
The Council doesn't have the authority to do that."

The Council can send the elite supernatural assassin squad but they can't ask them to try and talk it out? This isn't even attempted.

The second problem is that Adam is a child and is the only one who knows about the spirit world, and they're expecting Adam to convince his family to leave their brand new house. How? Young children are the ones who make those sort of decisions. You can't just hand them a magazine listing other houses and expect Adam to hop on over to the next home. It made no sense for so many people to expect Adam to be able to do that.

This book is meant for grade schoolers who may not even notice those things. It definitely taxed my suspension of disbelief as an adult, but kids might just chug along and not care.

It otherwise has a fun story to follow along with that the target audience will probably love so, despite the issues I had with it, I didn't have a hard time reading it. ( )

This is a book about a boy, his family , and plenty of ghosts. It starts out good and keeps getting better and better. Its is an easy read and you or your children would enjoy it. Parents and teachers need not worry its very exciting. If I like the book myself then others will also. Great job to the author and her staff. Its very age appropriate. Im looking to maybe more antics from this ghost and his human friend . Maybe a series like the three investigators is coming ! Sincerely Carlene Adkins ...more


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