Dunc is sure the old Rambridge house is haunted by the ghost of Blackbeard the Pirate. Then they meet Eddie, a meek man who claims to be impersonating Blackbeard's ghost in order to live in the house in peace. But if that is true why are flames coming from his mouth?.
Unable to deal with her mother's disregard of her interest in a musical career, fifteen-year-old Julia Leaves Seattle to live with her father and grandmother near the Cascade Mountains, where she encounters a ghost who helps her make important decisions about her future.
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
When their parents are killed in an accident, eleven-year-old Javier and his younger brother leave their home in Puerto Rico to go live with their aunt in Northern California, where a ghost from an unsolved crime and Javi's new-found psychokinetic powers make their adjustment all the harder.
In the bleak, forbidding house of her great-aunts, neglected twelve-year-old orphan Maggie hears ghostly voices and finds magic that awakens in her the capacity to love and be loved.
Describes an assortment of unusual facts pertaining to a variety of frightening and nerve-wracking topics. Includes full-color illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Seventeen-year-old Jared leads a group of younger boys to Eagle Point, but their planned fishing trip turns into an investigation of strange events surrounding the caretaker's cabin.
