Children's Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories
The Proof that Ghosts Exist
The Ghosthunters, Book 1
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2008
- Category
- Horror & Ghost Stories, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554700141
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $11.95
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Description
No one knows if it's a family curse, or just plain old bad luck, but it seems as if the Barnett males are prone to dropping dead on the day before they turn thirty-five. Luckily, Molly and Adam’s mom has a plan: a getaway to the family’s low-stress, danger-free lakeside cottage. But even the best laid plans can go horribly wrong.
First, Mom gets called into work and is forced to stay home. Then there’s the fact that Molly’s room has been turned into a storage space for her dead grandfather’s creepy old desk and papers. Finally, there’s the freak fall that leaves Molly and Adam’s dad with a badly twisted ankle. Everyone swears that the accident was Molly’s fault?that she was screaming out for help as she swam in the lake?but she knows this isn’t true. Things go from very bad to even worse when an odd nurse by the name of Reggie Crankshaft appears out of nowhere and offers his help.
As Molly and Adam struggle to make sense of these strange events, and to keep their father safe, more questions than answers arise. What really happened down on the lake, and what was that strange white light that Molly saw just before her father fell? Who is Reggie Crankshaft and why is he so interested in their family? And what’s up with the figure that both Molly and Adam see sitting at the old desk in Molly’s room?a figure that bears a weird resemblance to their own dad?
In The Proof That Ghosts Exist, the first installment of The Ghosthunters trilogy, Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman team up to deliver a rip-roaring ghost story complete with chills, thrills, mysteries, and more than a few laughs. It’s a combination that’s guaranteed to leave readers wanting more.
Watch the book trailer for The Proof that Ghosts Exist on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0ow7oQV7k
About the authors
Carol Matas is an internationally acclaimed author of over thirty-five novels for children and young adults. Her best-selling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Taiwanese, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, German, French, Indonesian and Russian.
A graduate of the Actor's Lab, in London England, Carol first earned a B.A. (English) from The University of Western Ontario. Her teaching experience includes Artists in the School, Manitoba Arts Council;visiting professor at Bemidji State University, Minnesota; and a Creative Writing instructor, Continuing Education Division, The University of Winnipeg. Carol is an inspiring and passionate speaker who is frequently invited to address children and adults alike across North America.
Carol writes contemporary and historical fiction, as well as science fiction and fantasy. She first began writing historical fiction when her Danish husband told her stories about his parents' experiences fighting the Nazis in World War II. She has often written about Jewish themes, and is well known for her books concerning the Holocaust, writing Daniel's Story at the request of The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Over the years, her knack for successfully infusing serious and thought-provoking issues into an action-driven format has kept readers of all ages engaged.
The list of awards for her books is long, and includes two Sydney Taylor awards, The Geoffrey Bilson award, a Silver Birch award, The Jewish Book Award, as well as the inclusion of her books on many honour lists, such as the ALA notable list, The New York Times Review notable list, The New York Public Library list for the Teen Age, and the Voya books in the middle, Best Book list. She has also been nominated for the Governor General Award twice.
More information is about Carol is available on her web site: http://www.carolmatas.com.
Perry Nodelman is professor emeritus of English at the University of Winnipeg and author of The Pleasure of Children’s Literature and Words About Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children’s Picture Books. Professor Nodelman is also an accomplished author of children’s books such as Behaving Bradley.
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