The Treasure Haunt

Ghostville Elementary #11

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey

Get ready for more spooky fun from the best-selling authors of THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. And you thought YOUR school was scary? These third-graders are haunted by a classroom full of GHOSTS!

The Read-a-Thon is On! The kids at Sleepy Hollow Elementary are having an all-night reading marathon. Their goal is to read more books than any other school and earn a brand-new computer. But when the kids read about a treasure hidden in their own school basement, the Read-a-Thon turns into a treasure hunt. Cassidy wants the treasure and the computer, but one thing stands in her way: Nighttime is ghost time! And there's a whole lot of haunting going on. Readers beware!

Genres: Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This title had more suspense than many of the others in the series. It also brought up the concept of legends. As usual, the character development was good and the plot moved along at a nice clip. I highly recommend this series for children in grades 2-3.

[Book Tea 🫖 with Jai · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lol. I don't know if because I'm a grown woman lol. But this book sucked!!! It was no kind of edge of your seat suspense. It just dry lol. But Luke I said maybe cause I'm grown. Lol. I'm not for sure.