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Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road #1)
Enter at your own risk: You might just DIE laughing.
The best-selling author Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road, hoping to find some peace and quiet so that he can crack a wicked case of writer's block.
But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied--by an eleven-year-old boy named Seymour, his cat, Shadow, and an irritable ghost name...more
The best-selling author Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road, hoping to find some peace and quiet so that he can crack a wicked case of writer's block.
But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied--by an eleven-year-old boy named Seymour, his cat, Shadow, and an irritable ghost name...more
Hardcover, 155 pages
Published
April 6th 2009
by Harcourt Children's Books
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This book is about an aging author who has writer's block. To help get out of his slump, he decides to rent a house for the summer far away from home in hopes to get his creativity juices flowing. He is surprised to find two inhabitants of his rental home, an 11-year old boy and a ghost named Olive. Both of them are instrumental in helping him write his next book as well as changing his grumpy attitude to one of being appreciative and happy. This book is for upper elementary students because it...more
This book was about a grumpy old man who moves into a rental home so he can concentrate on writing a book, which he has not done for 20 years. He had a very long period of writer's block. Once he moves into his rental house, he realizes that he is not living there alone. He is accompanied by a young boy and the young boy's ghost friend. Ignatius B. Grumply, the grumpy old man, is completely against this living arrangement at first, but as time goes on he begins to like Seymour, the little boy, a...more
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Dying to Meet You is a wonderful introduction into the supernatural genre for young readers. This story is written as a series of letters so it’s a quick read and easy to pick up and put down when one has to do homework or chores or just wants to read “Just one more page before lights out, PLEASE?!?”
Our story finds Ignatius B. Grumply in need of some solitude to work through is writers block and finish his next novel. But the house he’s chosen to re...more
Dying to Meet You is a wonderful introduction into the supernatural genre for young readers. This story is written as a series of letters so it’s a quick read and easy to pick up and put down when one has to do homework or chores or just wants to read “Just one more page before lights out, PLEASE?!?”
Our story finds Ignatius B. Grumply in need of some solitude to work through is writers block and finish his next novel. But the house he’s chosen to re...more
This book doesn’t have any chapters in it. It’s a collection of letters and notes with a few newspaper articles thrown in here and there. You have to figure out who is who and what is going on by reading the letters the characters write to each other and by reading the newspaper articles that report the strange happenings at 43 Old Cemetery Road.
Ignatius B. Grumply is a crabby old author with writer’s block who has rented a creepy old house for the summer. He doesn’t know it, but a boy named Sey...more
Ignatius B. Grumply is a crabby old author with writer’s block who has rented a creepy old house for the summer. He doesn’t know it, but a boy named Sey...more
Ignatious B. Grumply is a grumply old man who has had writer's block for 20 years. He rents a home for the summer so he can finally write the next book in his ghost series. He discovers he is also living with a young boy, the boy's cat, and a protective ghost named Olive. They will have to learn to live together or "die" trying.
This is a really quick read. The book is told through letters, newspaper articles, drawings, reports, and advertisements. Each character has a chance to share his or h...more
This is a really quick read. The book is told through letters, newspaper articles, drawings, reports, and advertisements. Each character has a chance to share his or h...more
3.5 stars for this graphic epistolary mystery (thanks to the author for supplying that succint description.) Basically this is a children's mysery book writting in the epistolic style (story told through letters) and also graphically illustrated. A unique and original concept that totally works for this book.
This is the story of Seymour, a young boy abandoned by his parents to live in a house with his best friend... a ghost named Olive. A renter appears for the summer, a grumpy author, and noon...more
This is the story of Seymour, a young boy abandoned by his parents to live in a house with his best friend... a ghost named Olive. A renter appears for the summer, a grumpy author, and noon...more
Jun 02, 2011
Rebecca
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
2011,
ghosts,
grade-3,
grade-4,
grade-5,
humor,
juvenile,
haunted-houses-fiction,
series-fiction,
writers-fiction
Dying to Meet You is book one of a new series, 43 Old Cemetery Road. It's terribly punny which some kids will get a kick out of (Paige Turner, anyone?). It's also a fun format for readers, too. There's no real chapters just a series of letters from alternating characters, "newspaper" excerpts, and drawings. It's a fast read from the author of Regarding the Fountain and Letters from Camp, Kate Klise.
I.B. Grumply, author of the Ghost Tamer series, has serious writer's block--as in 20 years of thou...more
I.B. Grumply, author of the Ghost Tamer series, has serious writer's block--as in 20 years of thou...more
43 Old Cemetery Road Series: Dying to Meet You by the Klise Sisters; 2011-2012 Sunshine State Young Reader Award Winner; Interest and Reading Level: 3rd-5th grade.
Written as a series of correspondences, and newspaper articles, Dying to Meet You is a Ghost Story like none you have ever read before! The Klise Sisters' style reminds me of the successful partnership of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Like Dahl's works, this story tells of a remarkable child born to terrible parents. Young Seymour Hop...more
Written as a series of correspondences, and newspaper articles, Dying to Meet You is a Ghost Story like none you have ever read before! The Klise Sisters' style reminds me of the successful partnership of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Like Dahl's works, this story tells of a remarkable child born to terrible parents. Young Seymour Hop...more
Feb 01, 2011
Emmet O'Neal Library- Children's Department
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Want a good quick funny read with a “feel good” ending? Kate Klise’s Book One of her series, 43 Old Cemetery Road: Dying to Meet You is a light-hearted look at three characters who are brought together by rather odd circumstances.
Ignatious B. Grumply, a children’s author who hasn’t produced a book in a long while, rents an old Victorian mansion for the summer, thinking that he will have plenty of peace and quiet to write. He could not be more wrong! Much to his dismay, he soon discovers that he...more
Ignatious B. Grumply, a children’s author who hasn’t produced a book in a long while, rents an old Victorian mansion for the summer, thinking that he will have plenty of peace and quiet to write. He could not be more wrong! Much to his dismay, he soon discovers that he...more
I extremely enjoyed "Dying to meet you" not only because it makes me feel stronger as a writer and to believe in myself, but it was one of those books that I couldn't put it down. But I love books that somewhat have a mystery, but you may not and you would still probably still like the book.
If you get so stressed over a book with to many words then you would absolutely not get stressed over this book,its written in letters all letters the only long pages, are formatted as a newspaper article, a...more
If you get so stressed over a book with to many words then you would absolutely not get stressed over this book,its written in letters all letters the only long pages, are formatted as a newspaper article, a...more
This brief but wonderful epistolary novel earns my dubious honor "higher rating because it's so much better than I expected" rating. Told through found documents and letters, this is mostly the story of I.B. Grumply, a writer trying to finish the 13th installment in his Ghost Tamer series after a 20-year period of writer's block; 43 Old Cemetery Road, the haunted mansion where he stays to write it; and Seymour Hope, abandoned child, his cat Shadow, and the ghost Olive B. Spence, failed novelist,...more
"43 Old Cemetery Road: Dying to Meet You" is about a man who moves into a house that already homes a young boy, his cat, and his ghost friend. It is written as letters and pictures from each of the main characters to each other, in the beginning, the old man, Ignatius B. Grumply, is angry at his real estate agent for suggesting the house to him because it is already being occupied, as the story progresses he becomes more and more fond of the others living in the house with him. During the time M...more
Nov 16, 2010
Rodolfo A.
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This book is about a kid name semour he lived in a old house with a
friend that is ghost and his name is olive.Their a man nema mr.grumpy,
he wanted to buy the house to make it beatyfull,but semour said that
no!then semour make a dill that if he stays and not live the house
he will have the house.Then semoure had a plan that he will tale
that there a ghost in the house to scare him away but mr.grumpy
don't belive in ghost and did not belive him and he dill with
him.Mr.Grumpy was doing trick to semoure...more
friend that is ghost and his name is olive.Their a man nema mr.grumpy,
he wanted to buy the house to make it beatyfull,but semour said that
no!then semour make a dill that if he stays and not live the house
he will have the house.Then semoure had a plan that he will tale
that there a ghost in the house to scare him away but mr.grumpy
don't belive in ghost and did not belive him and he dill with
him.Mr.Grumpy was doing trick to semoure...more
Dying to Meet You: 43 Cemetary Road: Book One is a hilarious ghost story ( an oxymoron? ) which is cleverly written in the form of letter from I.B. Grumply to the two inhabitants of the house is renting for the summer. He's come to Ghastly, Illinois to cure his writer's block and publish his next book for children. While at Spence Mansion, he meets Seymour Hope, who has been abandoned by his paranormal researcher parents, Les and Diane Hope to run off to Europe on tour. Grumply, in time, becomes...more
Kate and M. Sarah Klise have done it again, with their new series 43 Old Cemetery Road!
This graphic epistolary novel – yes, for real! – is a total hoot! I couldn’t help but turn page after page, even though it was way past my bedtime. But the characters – with pun-y names like Anita Sale and Paige Turner – were so engaging! And the story was so delightful! And the illustrations – well, you’ll have to see for yourself! How fun!
43 Old Cemetery Road is a ramshackle mansion in a small town, where I....more
This graphic epistolary novel – yes, for real! – is a total hoot! I couldn’t help but turn page after page, even though it was way past my bedtime. But the characters – with pun-y names like Anita Sale and Paige Turner – were so engaging! And the story was so delightful! And the illustrations – well, you’ll have to see for yourself! How fun!
43 Old Cemetery Road is a ramshackle mansion in a small town, where I....more
Genre: Ghost Story, Humor
Rating: **** This humorous ghost story offers a unique reading experience. The story is told in letters, drawings, newspaper articles, a work-in-progress manuscript, and even a tombstone engraving. It was a fun read. I especially liked the names, which were a play on words.
Summary: Ignatius B. Grumply is a writer of children’s books. He has writer’s block and moves into a Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road for some quiet writing time. Instead, Mr. Grumply finds th...more
Rating: **** This humorous ghost story offers a unique reading experience. The story is told in letters, drawings, newspaper articles, a work-in-progress manuscript, and even a tombstone engraving. It was a fun read. I especially liked the names, which were a play on words.
Summary: Ignatius B. Grumply is a writer of children’s books. He has writer’s block and moves into a Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road for some quiet writing time. Instead, Mr. Grumply finds th...more
Ignatius B. Grumply whose name says it all is and old decides to write a new book after having a 20 spout of writers block. Hoping to be able to finish his book the crotchety old man move in to a rental home in hopes that the solitude help him. Unfortunately he find out that he is not alone. Living in the house he meet a boy name Seymour who has a very special friend named Olive who just happens to be a ghost. Grumply is resistant to the living arrangement to say the least but over time he grows...more
Summary: In 43 Old Cemetery Road: Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise a children’s bestselling author suffering from 20 years of writers block decides to rent a quiet house away from distractions, especially children, to write his new book. Unfortunately his getaway is not what he expected. There is not only a child, who Ignatius is contractually obliged to care for, but also a ghost and a cat. All together they make for a much more exciting summer than Ignatius was planning on. At first Spence, the...more
My mom recommended this to me. It turned out to be pretty good, except that it was very unrealistic. It's about a writer who comes out of retirement to write another ghost story. Unfortunately, the house he has rented actually contains a ghost - and a kid. The writer eventually befriends the ghost and the kid and teams up with them to write a new ghost story.
Pros: imagination, creativity, the different formats of writing (newspaper clippings, letters, etc.)
Cons: awkward romance, hints of insanit...more
Pros: imagination, creativity, the different formats of writing (newspaper clippings, letters, etc.)
Cons: awkward romance, hints of insanit...more
Dec 28, 2012
Amber
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
ANYONE - especially adults for the hidden humor :)
What a fun book! My daughter brought it home from school and after flipping through it, I just had to read it! Love how it's laid out and the humorous style of writing! Can't wait to read more in the series :)
Oct 04, 2012
Michelle Murphy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Young readers bored with their current choices, a creative spirit or interested in the supernatural
Recommended to Michelle by:
My teacher's digital bookshelf
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I sure had a blast reading this undeniably cute book! It was fresh, eccentric and whimsical and I adored how grumpy I.B. Grumply truly was. I LOVED that the names of the characters were distinct and precise to their nature. You'll be "dying" to read the next book in the series "Dying to Meet You" after gobbling up the first book "Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road #1)". Perfect for the thrill-seeking reader or a reader who is bored with their current options, "Dying to Meet You" is a scary...more
A wonderfully creative book done through a series of letters, computer entries and hometown newspaper stories. It starts with a blocked author, I.B. Grumply (all the names have meaning), renting a house for the summer. As an example of how illustrations are used, there is a spread of the various rental properties for him to choose from and it's fun to talk to you kid about which one they would choose and why. Grumply soon discovers he's not alone in the house. He meets Seymour Hope (left by his...more
Ignatius B. Grumply is looking for a place to get away. He has a serious case of writer's block and his publisher--Paige Turner--is after him to meet his deadlines. I.B. Grumply needs a quiet place to rent for the summer to finish his book AND avoid his publisher. He locates a Victorian mansion in Ghastly, Illinois where Paige Turner can't reach him. He finds a Victorian mansion in Ghastly, Illinois and quickly moves in--only to realize that the house is already occupied.
Dying to Meet You by Ka...more
Dying to Meet You by Ka...more
This cute book by the creators of the "Regarding the..." series is another story told through letters, newspaper articles, and journal entries. This unique way of telling a story always makes me want to start writing real letters again, but aside from that, it's a great way to pull in reluctant readers. The format, along with the ample illustrations, makes this a comfortable choice for kids who aren't the strongest readers or who just don't like it.
I'm already a fan of the sisters Klise from the...more
I'm already a fan of the sisters Klise from the...more
Dying To Meet You is a Fantasy novel that is 155 pages long. It is by Kate Klise. Dying To Meet You is a good read that is about a writer named Mr. Grumply. He moves into a rental home for the summer to try and get another book done. He has a ghost and a little boy in the house with him, they were there since before he moved in. The ghost, Olive, was a writer in her years of living, and she is helping Mr. Grumply write his book. The boys name is Seymore, and he has a cat, named Shadow. People wr...more
In 43 Old Cemetery Road: Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise. Ignatius who is comes to realize he is a guardian of not only a child but he also must care for a ghost and a cat. Ignatius was planning on calm and relaxing summer finds him-self in a fun and active one instead. At first the boy and the ghost, try to scare Ignatius away. As he writes the book they find out just how hard it is to do that. Ignatius is broke before he finished the book so the three have to learn to live together in order to...more
I love books by the Klises--I so wish they had been around when I was a kid, because I would have adored their combination of humor, good-heartedness, and truly awful puns. This book didn't offer any surprises for me, being a typical Klise, but a typical Klise is always lots of fun. They're 'epistolary-graphic', so a lot of the story is in newspaper ads, letters, pictures, etc. The names of the characters are always horrific puns, and it's fun to pick them all out. The books remind me a bit of E...more
Book one in the "43 Cemetery Road" series. This is a quick read, nominated for the 2012 Bluestem Award in Illinois. The book is written in a letter format between an author, a boy who lives in the house that the author is renting for the summer, and the ghost that "haunts" the house. But the ghost is a friendly ghost named Olive, and she doesn't do any harm (other than the occasional doorslamming when she is mad and boisterous piano playing.) Other books by Kate Klise include: Regarding the Foun...more
Klise, Kate, and M. Sarah Klise. 43 Old Cemetery Road: dying to meet you. Orlando: Harcourt, 2008. Print.
Ignatius Grumpily has just moved into an old victorian mansion on 43 Old Cemetery Road. He was hoping to find a nice, quiet place where he could finish writing the latest book in his Ghost Tamer series, but life in the house is anything but quiet. The upstairs floor is occupied by a boy named Seymour and his pet cat. To make matter's worse, the boy seems to be out of his mind--he claims the...more
Ignatius Grumpily has just moved into an old victorian mansion on 43 Old Cemetery Road. He was hoping to find a nice, quiet place where he could finish writing the latest book in his Ghost Tamer series, but life in the house is anything but quiet. The upstairs floor is occupied by a boy named Seymour and his pet cat. To make matter's worse, the boy seems to be out of his mind--he claims the...more
Summary:
In "Dying to Meet You," (43 Old Cemetery Road #1) by Kate Klise, a bitter old author Ignatius B. Grumply is pressured into writing his last book in his scary-series to pay off his long-overdue debt. He moves into a Victorian mansion and is surprised to discover the home is already occupied by a boy named Seymour, a cat, and a witty irritable ghost named Olive. The characters have a difficult time sharing the home and tolerating each other. However, they soon discover that they have more...more
In "Dying to Meet You," (43 Old Cemetery Road #1) by Kate Klise, a bitter old author Ignatius B. Grumply is pressured into writing his last book in his scary-series to pay off his long-overdue debt. He moves into a Victorian mansion and is surprised to discover the home is already occupied by a boy named Seymour, a cat, and a witty irritable ghost named Olive. The characters have a difficult time sharing the home and tolerating each other. However, they soon discover that they have more...more
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“And so, we end with a beginning. Because every ending is really a beginning. All you need is a house that's old and creaky ... filled with lots of books ... a cat ... a person who's willing to try again ... someone who promises never to leave ... and most important of all ... a little Hope.”
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