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A Properly Unhaunted Place
By ALEXANDER, William
- ISBN
- 9781481469159
- Publisher
- S. & S. Margaret K. McElderry Bks.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2017 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–6—Ghosts and spirits live everywhere, except in the town of Ingot. Eleven-year-old Rosa Diaz and her mother have relocated to the sleepy hamlet following the death of Rosa's father. Accustomed to the big city, Rosa questions why her mother would move them to such a dead place. Rosa's mother is an "appeasement librarian," endowed with the ability to comfort ghostly spirits. Libraries and books are usually brimming with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on August 1, 2017
In this accessible fantasy, Rosa's mother is a "library appeasement specialist," famous for her ability to "settle" the ghosts that hang around books. So Rosa is disappointed when, in the wake of her father's sudden death, her mother takes a job in Ingot, the famously unhaunted town that hosts an annual Renaissance Festival (think "Ye Olde Cappuccinos"). Jasper, son and "squire" to the festival's African American headliner Sir Morien (Rosa: "I've read about a Bl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
In this accessible fantasy, Rosa's mother is a "library appeasement specialist," famous for her ability to "settle" the ghosts that hang around books. So Rosa is disappointed when, in the wake of her father's sudden death, her mother takes a job in Ingot, the famously unhaunted town that hosts an annual Renaissance Festival (think "Ye Olde Cappuccinos"). Jasper, son and "squire" to the festival's African American headliner Sir Morien (Rosa: "I've read about a Bl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
