New Ghoul in School

Ghostville Elementary #3

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey, Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)

Get ready for more spooky fun from the best-selling authors of THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. And you thought YOUR class was creepy? These third-graders share their classroom with a class of GHOSTS!

The new boy in Nina, Jeff, and Cassidy's class is strange! He's see-through. He floats above his chair. And he never seems to leave the classroom.

Could the new boy be a new GHOST?

Nina and her friends are afraid to find out. And so are the other ghosts! Could this mean more fun for the class in the basement...or more haunting?

Genres: Childrens, Paranormal

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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

[LynnDaSilva09]

New ghoul in school is about host and people who learn there. These kids found out ghost are real!!! And one ghost look like a human.

[寿理 宮本]

I'll start by saying this feels like a familiar style of book. Maybe not exactly the same series, but similar, at a different reading level. It's definitely more positive than other ghost stories!

It's also very readable even as book 3 in a series, without NEEDING to read the prior books! I like that in episodic styles of story, that not having read the books in order doesn't mean being unable to enjoy the current book.

About the only thing I DON'T like:



I mean, I already hate when there's a disconnect between author and artist (and editor?), but this is one of the worst examples I've come across. Individually, they're fine. Together? Dissonance. It seems like such a simple catch, too! "Did I draw a dog under the tree and all five kids climbing in the branches? CHECK!" Ugh.

Otherwise, a cute book! Recommended for younger readers who love spooky stories (but not TOO spooky)!

[paige turner ♡]

I know this one seemed a little obvious that the new kid and the painting which had a kid, then mysteriously didn't have a kid had a connection. But the thing that made me believe that this book deserves 5 stars is the whole talk about friendship.

I also didn't really believe that Edgar didn't know he was a ghost, I feel like he did know, but didn't know what he could do about it. The other ghosts could have clued the other kids in that they knew him before the end of the book, but they just didn't.

My favourite part was the fact that Sadie wanted to be Nina's friend. I thought it was cute how she left little presents for her, and how Nina didn't really seem to notice her at all until she said something about it. I totally would have wanted to be Sadie's friend. I mean, how can you not want to be friends with a ghost?

[Jennifer]

This was another great book in the series. Now, the ghosts' characters are beginning to get more developed. The introduction of a new classmate was also welcome. I highly recommend this series for grades 2-3.

[Vipanchika Tharun]

Not that good...

[Ellie]

This was a big hit in third grade!

[Alison]

This series is mediocre. My 9 year old is still into though. This is maybe the best of the series so far though. The plot was a bit more interesting.

[Katt Hansen]

Argh. How could they not see he was a ghost? Ok, I'm not even going to say anything further on this one. *shakes head*

[Yashi]

Too kiddish. (=I read too late :P)

[Mandy Anderson]

in this book, my kids know immediately "who" Edgar was, but still enjoyed it