The Ghost of Cutler Creek

By Cynthia C. DeFelice

Book Overview

The third book about "ghost magnet" Allie Nichols, age 11, who this time is contacted by the restless spirit of a dog. Once again, she shares her ghostly adventure with her best friend, Dub, in this chilling installment, The Ghost of Cutler Creek.

Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she's sure that another one is trying to reach her. But how can Allie help a ghost who won't speak? All she has to go on is a sound--a sort of whine--and a smell. At the same time, a strange boy joins her sixth-grade class. Allie doesn't understand why L.J. Cutler would start a new school at the end of the year, or why he's such a surly kid. She wants nothing to do with him. Then Mr. Henry, a teacher she loves, asks Allie to dog-sit Hoover, his golden retriever, while he's away and to befriend L.J. over the summer. She's delighted to spend time with Hoover, but she hardly looks forward to visiting L.J. Cutler--until she discovers a connection between L.J., the ghost, and Hoover.

"As always, DeFelice tells a gripping, suspenseful story, keeping readers engaged with realistically depicted human as well as animal characters." --The Horn Book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312629672
• ISBN13: 9780312629670
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Read the Ghost of Cutler Creek! (the best book in the world)

This book is the best. First you have to read the first two books, The Ghost of Fossil Glen and The Ghost and Mrs.Hobbs, which are also the best books in the world. Allie comes back to face another ghost. Is this one evil or good? How can she tell if the ghost can only bark, whimper and fetch. Yup, Allie's new ghost is a dog. Once her teacher, Mr.Henry asks her to dog sit his dog Hoover, Hoover disappeares. Is the death of the ghost dog, the disappearence of Hoover and the deaths of the puppies at the local pound connected? To find out read this book!