Presents accounts of ghost phenomena from around the world including spectral animals, poltergeists, ghostly ladies and lovers, friendly ghosts and fierce ghosts. Uses illustrations and photographs to illustrate the various phenomena.
During a summer on a Maine island, seventeen-year-old Molly and her older cousin become very close, as she helps him deal with his father's suicide and his experiences in the Vietnam War, and as together they share encounters with a troubled ghost.