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Jan 16, 2011
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Feb 06, 2011
I adored this book when I was younger, so when I saw it again I picked it up to see if it was as good as I'd remembered. And I think it was, though obviously it caters more to the 8-12 year old crowd.
But the mystery aspects of this were well interspersed with historical fact as well as humour, the characters were funny and engaging. And the end was surprisingly poetic, too, which is a rarity in most of the children's fiction I remember reading.
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But the mystery aspects of this were well interspersed with historical fact as well as humour, the characters were funny and engaging. And the end was surprisingly poetic, too, which is a rarity in most of the children's fiction I remember reading.
So if you're looking for a r More...
Jan 31, 2011
It is about two eleven year old girls named Nina and Chris going to a haunted hotel.Nina`s father is going there for his job to make it look better.Nina and Chris found a picture that was a man. Later theywent to a graveyard and found a man named Johnathan Gray. They were thinking that was the picture of the guy who was in the hotel.They saw a ghost that looked like the guy on the wall.They both like him and wanted to know why he was here.I loved this book how they wre going on an adventure to l
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Feb 11, 2010
In lieu of reviewing all the Bruce Coville books I read as a kid/young adult I'll write one here for one of my favorite books from fourth grade.
Bruce Coville doesn't talk down to kids. He knows what kids find funny but he also knows they're able to appreciate broader spectrums of humor. It is his ability to reach in his readers the things that make them essentially kids as well as to tap within them the things that will mature into adulthood, all the while weaving a great story aro More...
Bruce Coville doesn't talk down to kids. He knows what kids find funny but he also knows they're able to appreciate broader spectrums of humor. It is his ability to reach in his readers the things that make them essentially kids as well as to tap within them the things that will mature into adulthood, all the while weaving a great story aro More...
Mar 24, 2009
Jane in 4th Grades writes, "It was a book filled with mystery, friendship, and treasure!!"
Sep 29, 2011
I absolutely loved Nine's ghost adventures! This is one of my favorite books from Bruce Coville! :)
Oct 03, 2008
We read this book in school last year and it was REALLY GOOD! You should read it and the other ones in the series!
Dec 21, 2007
This is one of the many, many books I read while going through physical therapy for JRA in my 5th-6th grade years.
Apr 09, 2009
This was the first "chapter book" i ever read. When I was 5. Haha. Awesome.
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