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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
Gr 6-Up An uneven collection of short shiveries from around the world. One of the bright spots is Susan Cooper's "Ghost Story," about the ghost of a teen tennis star trying to even the odds with the father he dislikes. The use of a computer as a ghostly communicating device is a nice touch, as is the teen narrator's sudden awareness that he does not have to follow in the ghost's footsteps. Another is Margaret Mahy's "Fingers on the Back of the Neck," in which a boy wants so badly t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More