Ghost Who Looked Like Me

by Anne E. Schraff

While looking through a 40-year old high school yearbook, Jaris finds a picture of a boy that looks just like him. The boy caused a deep dark secret in the town, a secret Jaris feels compelled to uncover.

109 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.

Reviews

[Jack Beauregard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the better books I have read. It has very good imagery and can keep up with the setting easily. I recommend this book to anyone that likes mystery. This book may be small but it has very good detail considering its size. A boy named Jaris finds a 40 year old yearbook. As he is looking through it, he finds a person named James Webster that looks identical. Not only the way they looked but also character traits about them. James picture's photo was highlighted in a black box which means that he died while in school. Jaris goes around asking everyone if they knew who James Webster was until he uncovers a deep dark secret about James Webster.

[Madison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well i have finally broke i love this author i have read two of her books this book and demon in the lake all my frineds are hooked on her all here books paint a movie in you head i am reading every on of her books i still have a lot of her books left.

[Kara Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is reallly intrsting & Scary it's strange & fun at the same time .

[Phillip Paea · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this fiction story it talks about a boy named Jaris who is looking through some old high school pictures when his friend spots an old high school student that not only looks just like him but also has more than a few things in common, which makes Jaris find mysteriously and makes him very curious so he starts to ask questions around town and he makes a lot of unwanted attention. For me i feel like i enjoyed this book a lot because it not only is sort of a mystery book but it is also jumps right into the story and it really gets you hooked right away!

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a hi/lo read and I wanted to sample it to see what our students were experiencing with this type novel. I think it is right on target for the intended audience but was a little "draggy" for me. Made sure the reader knew what s/he was experiencing and did have a good plot. Anne Schraff is also one of the authors of the Bluford High books, which I can't keep on my shelves, so the kids know her name on site.

[Clarissa Munoz]

This was a small book then I am use to reading, but the tittle of this book caught my eye. I personally love reading ghost stories. I found this one interesting because the boy, Jaris, was a writer for his school and wanted to write about his second self. I never read such a story line like this one. I truly loved it from beginning to end. I believe I will try to continue reading from this author and any book that resembles this story.

[Jordon Jones]

great book i highly recommend it to anyone and for that Anna Schraff i thank you

[Kevin]

The Ghost Who Looked like Me by Anne Schraff was a good book I loved it. It is about a kid in high school that looks at a old year book. But there is a twist, when he looks at the year book it there is a kid that just turned 18, his name is James Webster. He all of a sudden disappeared one day, and know one knew what had happened to him.

[Max]

Great book, different