The Red Ghost

By Marion Dane Bauer

Book Overview

Have you ever had the feeling a doll was watching you? Jenna finds the perfect gift for her sister at a neighbor's garage sale--a beautiful old doll dressed all in red velvet. Jenna can't believe her luck. Not only does Mrs. Tate seem happy to be rid of the doll, she even gives it to Jenna for free But when Jenna takes the doll home, trouble begins. First her best friend gets a creepy feeling whenever she's around it. Then the family cat hisses at the doll, and at night, Jenna thinks she can hear it moving around in her closet. Finally, when Jenna gives the doll to her sister, she won't take it. Could the red velvet doll be haunted? And if it is, what can Jenna do? In this companion book to The Blue Ghost , Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer masterfully tells a doll story full of suspense and shivers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375840826
• ISBN13: 9780375840821
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

An easy reader ghost story

Peter Fergusen provides the fine drawings for this easy reader ghost story revolving around Jenna, who finds the perfect old doll at a garage sale for free. But when she takes it home, trouble and mystery evolves. This companion to THE BLUE GHOST places the ghost squarely in the doll - and provides a satisfyingly eerie story young readers will relish.