Ghost, like a Place

Ghost, like a Place

Author: Iain Haley Pollock

Publisher: Alice James Books

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1948579510

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This collection highlights the complexities of fatherhood and how to raise young kids while bearing witness to the charged movements of social injustice and inequities of race in America. Memory, culpability, and our very humanness course through this book and strip us down to find joy and inspiration amid the darkness.


The Girl and the Ghost

The Girl and the Ghost

Author: Hanna Alkaf

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 006294097X

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* Chosen as a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature! * A Malaysian folk tale comes to life in this emotionally layered, chilling middle grade debut, perfect for fans of The Book of Boy and The Jumbies. I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn’t know that pelesits have a dark side—and when Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness. Fans of Holly Black’s Doll Bones and Tahereh Mafi’s Furthermore series will love this ghostly middle grade debut that explores jealousy, love, and the extraordinary power of friendship.


Haunted Places

Haunted Places

Author: Dennis William Hauck

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-08-27

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 1440673225

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In almost every town in America there are places where strange things happen. The perfect companion to The International Directory of Haunted Places, this revised and updated edition of Haunted Places is both a fascinating and unusual travel guide as well as an indispensable casebook for those interested in the paranormal. From buildings and parks believed to have resident ghosts and poltergeists to areas where Bigfoot or UFO sightings are most frequently reported, Haunted Places will lead you to more than 2,000 sites of paranormal activity across the United States. Organized alphabetically by state, each entry is referenced to an extensive bibliography of sources-with descriptions, addresses, phone numbers, Web sites, and travel directions provided for all locations.


The Old Willis Place

The Old Willis Place

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007-08-20

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0618897410

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The acclaimed and award-winning author of "Hear the Wind Blow" pens a chilling ghost story in the tradition of her most successful spine-tingling novels. The intriguing characters, frightening secrets, and plot twists make this one of Hahns spookiest ghost stories.


Alibis

Alibis

Author: André Aciman

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1429995068

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A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay.


Ghost in the House

Ghost in the House

Author: Ammi-Joan Paquette

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1536202037

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Boo! Watch out for this rollicking, cumulative counting book for a Hallowe'en treat that's more playful than scary. Features an audio read-along! When a little ghost goes slip-sliding down the hallway, he suddenly hears ... a groan! Turns out it's only a friendly mummy, who shuffles along with the ghost, until they encounter ... a monster! As the cautious explorers continue, they find a surprise at every turn - and add another adorably ghoulish friend to their tally. But you'll never guess who is the scariest creature in the house!


The Ghost of Graydon Place

The Ghost of Graydon Place

Author: Dorothy Brenner Francis

Publisher: Large Print Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786277728

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After one night in the old Graydon mansion, Tracy is convinced the place is haunted. She has a frightening nighttime visitor - Victoria Graydon, a ghost girl from another century. Victoria sobs that she can't rest because . . . she murdered her sister. Tracy's boyfriend, Mac, doesn't believe a word of it - but Tracy is determined to help the ghost girl.Available only in Candlelight 6.


Time for Andrew

Time for Andrew

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780618873166

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When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria.


How to Cure a Ghost

How to Cure a Ghost

Author: Fariha Róisín

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1683356802

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A poetry compilation recounting a woman’s journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance, confusion to clarity, and bitterness to forgiveness Following in the footsteps of such category killers as Milk and Honey and Whiskey Words & a Shovel I, Fariha RoÌ?isiÌ?n’s poetry book is a collection of her thoughts as a young, queer, Muslim femme navigating the difficulties of her intersectionality. Simultaneously, this compilation unpacks the contentious relationship that exists between RoÌ?isiÌ?n and her mother, her platonic and romantic heartbreaks, and the cognitive dissonance felt as a result of being so divided among her broad spectrum of identities.


Ghostland

Ghostland

Author: Colin Dickey

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1101980192

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An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.