trying to find a book i read in middle school?

[Kenzie]

maybe 6 years ago, i read this book about these three teens in a town. there was something about a forest, and a ghost boy. i can’t remember much besides that there may have been an abusive father on the ghost boy’s part, and the male protagonist agreed to a deal with the ghost boy (who was causing quite a bit of trouble in the town because he was lonely).

it ended with the male protagonist dying in a hole (to join the boy) in the forest the ghost boy had died in, with the boy killing him by dropping a heavy rock on his head.

i’m afraid i can’t remember anything else of the book.

[R.S.]

Sounds like goosebumps :-)

[Sim]

Kenzie wrote: "maybe 6 years ago, i read this book about these three teens in a town. there was something about a forest, and a ghost boy. i can’t remember much besides that there may have been an abusive father ..."

Tried to google for you as there is nothing worse than this feeling.

I found two possible books so far but don't think they are right.

The Dead Path
by Stephen M. Irwin

The Ghost in the Wood
by Marianne Mitchell