The Ghost of Graylock
by Dan Poblocki Book Review by Miranda Fraser ISBN: 978-0-545-40269-9 It's back! My lovely book worms and Halloween fanatics alike! Halloween Season is upon up and thus the return of my Halloween Book Review Series. Now, I want to be clear that I am posting this under young adult but it is probably more on the children's/middle school reading level. I saw many complaints on Goodreads about this book being shelved as a young adult so I thought I'd clear that up right away. When I first heard about this book I was so excited! I had just come off the high of the last Poblocki book I read for last years Halloween Series. The reviews all said that if I loved The Stone Child than this one was the next book to read. Though, not exactly what I expected, it was very good ghostly read. To Begin with, this is another one of Poblocki's mysteries that will have the hair on the back of your neck standing! While I don't feel like it is as complicated or layered as Stone Child, it certainly made for a great haunt/mystery. Graylock Hall is an insane asylum, for lack of a better term, located in the woods of a small little town called Hedston. Everyone has heard the story of the nasty Nurse Janet who haunts the, now abandoned, place looking for new victims to drown. Everyone's heard about it except for Neil and Bree Cady, the new kids in town. They came to the tiny town of Hedston to spend the summer with their aunts, due to difficulties at home. When the tale of Graylock reached Neil's ears, he knew he had to see it for himself. Being an avid ghost fanatic, he could not wait to explore Graylock and find out for himself if the haunting was real or a hoax. But was he ready for what he was about to get himself into? After a dangerous trip to Graylock Hall Bree and Neil have been having vivid nightmares, finding pond weed in strange places, even finding puddles on their bedroom floors. There had to be a logical explanation for all these things, right? Well, perhaps, but none that is logical in the typical sense. A haunting is indeed happening, but when they discover that the ghost chasing them isn't Nurse Janet, everything changes! Who is this ghost and what exactly does she want from the two of them? Neil and Bree are accompanied by their new friends, Wesley and Eric Baptiste. Together they explore Graylock and unravel the mystery that has been forced upon them. Now, I really don't want to go too much into this. This is a small town and any and all details and characters could easily give away the plot twist of this mystery! I'd hate for that to happen. What I will say is the first half is very intense, as the haunting begins and you're left worrying about what's going to happen! The second half is also intense but for a different reason, less because of the ghost and more because of the ticking clock. If you're looking for a ghost story where they don't rip the mask off the ghost all Scooby-Doo-Style then this will make a great read for you this Halloween Season! As always read on my fellow book worms, may we one day have Belle's Library! The links to the author's pages are included below.
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