| Ghost Girl: A Mystery Contributor(s): Schatz, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1733955844 ISBN-13: 9781733955843 Publisher: Anysummersundaycom LLC OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.45 lbs) 146 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Holiday - Halloween |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ghost - Mattie died horribly nearly 100 years ago, swept away in a flood while her pa tried to kill her with a huge axe. Now she is stuck in the little town with buckets of water pouring over her all the time. She's not even allowed in the graveyard. She's spunky, pushy and has as much fun as she can - given her situation - being 11 years old forever. The Boy - Nate was dragged to live in the little, hick town by his mother. All he wants is to get back to his friends and his dad back in Boston. He doesn't have any friends here and doesn't want any. The Mystery - Mattie can't find her body. She only has eight days to find it or she is banished to the Badlands forever. The Weird Thing - Nate can see Mattie. He's the first person in a long time who can. He's not that thrilled about it. In fact, he refuses. Mattie knows he's her last chance to find her body. She rips half her face off and shakes it at him (ghosts can do things like that) to convince him to help. To make her stop, he agrees. The Others - A crazy, old cat lady, some old lady ghosts, a friendly librarian. Time is running out and Mattie's Pa is back from the grave, swinging his axe and trying to stop Mattie and Nate.
WARNING: Your parents might get scared and worried that you are reading about gross and sometimes violent things. There ARE some scary and gross and really mean things in this book (but it is a made up story - so tell them not to get too scared). |
Contributor Bio(s): Schatz, Steven: - "Steve Schatz is having a wonderful adventure. Raised in New Mexico, his early interests were music, theater and boy scouts. He's held a plethora of strange jobs and holds degrees in Government, Instructional Design and a PhD in Education. He traveled the country working with teachers, training on an early piece of educational software that encouraged writing across the curriculum. Through it all, Steve has been a writer. He wrote, directed and co-starred in The Fun Club, a public access children's educational television program in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. He has taught comedy traffic school, run workshops on writing across the curriculum with educators throughout the country and has been on the Education faculties of University of Hartford and University of Massachusetts. Steve's writing has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, but his love has always been fiction. His stories and poems have appeared in national and regional magazines. Two of his YA Fantasy Adventures - The Adima Chronicles have been published by Absolute Love Publishing. An adult fiction novel, Any Summer Sunday at Nacho Mama's Patio Cafe, was released by Any Summer Sunday Books in June, 2019. The Body Finders is Steve's fifth book and Any Summer Sunday Books 2nd release. His stories convey a message of the power of friendship and the inner strength that every person possesses to change the world through intentional creative action. A sense of humor and fun courses through all his work. He spends his time writing and enjoying this amazing world. He lives in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana with his very patient husband of many years and two cats who allow him to pet them if he is good." |