![]() Mary Downing Hahn fans will enjoy this just-right blend of history and spooky. All characters, including the ghost boy, assume the white default. The historical details are fascinating, and the lessons Claire learns are lightly delivered. In the process, she also learns that jealousy hinders female solidarity. And as finding the ghost’s story becomes her mission, she researches a true Chicago disaster that killed more lives than the sinking of the Titanic. As she tries to apply the scientific method to the paranormal mystery, Claire realizes as well that there’s a human story behind every historical event. ![]() ![]() When Claire can no longer keep the ghost a secret, she recruits her older brother, along with Casley and Emily, to help her discover his identity. Also scary to the middle schooler is losing Casley, her best friend and science fair partner, to Emily, the new girl in school who’s preoccupied with makeup. Currie’s visceral descriptions of the boy’s haunting-scratching behind walls, dripping water, icy air, scrawled notes, and more-exude creepy. ![]() Their worlds collide when Claire must help out her father at the last minute, and a ghost boy not only becomes an unwanted passenger on the bus, but follows her home and around the city. Seventh grader Claire loves the predictability of science while her father relishes the paranormal, running a ghost-tour business in Chicago. A ghost haunting prompts a Chicago girl to investigate her local history. ![]()
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