SOLVED. Middle Grades Series: Ghost Kids Solve Mysteries [s]

[Ali]

This is a series of books I read in middle school in the mid-90s.

There was a group of ghosts--all children--who solved mysteries with the help of their (still-living) friends. The "geeky" ghost had found a way of concentrating his energy so he could type messages on the computer he'd shared with his best friend. This geeky character also wore some sort of very specific t-shirt, but all I remember about it was a bunch of colors (maybe a computer shirt? maybe a space camp shirt?).

It wasn't a scary series--more bittersweet, b/c the dead kids couldn't let their families know they were still around (this was particularly a problem for the pretty, popular female ghost character). I also believe there was a suggestion in the later books that there may be different "planes" of ghosts wandering the town.

I remember there being maybe four books, and they were shelved *near* one of my other favorite books, so the author would be somewhere in the "H" area, but it was a small library, so anywhere from C-M.

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Ali]

This was SOLVED!

It's the Ghost Squad series by E.W. Hildick.

And I love that both Carlos' t-shirt and Karen's worry about her dad were addressed in the first few pages. . . go memory!

The Ghost Squad Flies Concorde

[Melanti]

Oh, I remember this series!
I don't think the library had the whole series but I at least remember the first two. They were both a lot of fun.

I'm glad you found it though, cause I never would have been able to come up with the name.

[Ali]

I managed to find e-copies of all but two of the books on Open Library, so of course I had to re-read them.

Not bad! Sort of an Encyclopedia Brown meets The Babysitter's Club meets Goosebumps.

The language shows its age in a few places (and someone is going to have to tell anyone even a little younger than I am--including my younger sibs!--what a word processor is), but still an enjoyable read, with characters that are treated appropriately for the intended audience but are compelling to me as an adult reader on a different level. Lightly handles some fairly complex concepts with humor and optimism.

I wish there had been more!