Gettysburg, PA turns to be the last stop of the Cantrell summer vacation. Ben realizes as they arrive at their hotel that is historic with no air conditioning, TV or pool. Ben makes friends with a boy named Trevor that leads them on a ghost hunt which yields the possibility of a spirit haunting the building which is investigated further in this book.
Lisa Trumbauer has written early-learner books for Scholastic's Jump Start series and published numerous other activity books, picture books, and novels for middle-school readers, including the New York Times bestseller A Practical Guide to Dragons.