Ghosters 2: Revenge of the Library Ghost by Diana CorbittMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Review of LIBRARY GHOST (GHOSTERS BOOK TWO) by Diana Cribbins
LIBRARY GHOST is every bit as exciting as GHOSTERS, the first in the series, with the pleasurable addition of a new narrator. Joey Martinez, younger brother of Theresa (one of the heroines of GHOSTERS), has high-functioning Asperger's Syndrome. Very intelligent, he doesn't do social cues well (such as facial expressions, sarcasm, and snark). But he always reaches conclusions, and in his own special and endearing, though occasionally frustrating, way.
Also introduced is Joey's new friend, Elbie Bird, a young black student who is the son of a mortician and expecting a mortician career for himself in the future. Joey isn't fond of Elbie's home (the funeral parlor started by Elbie's great-grandfather) but he is always welcomed by Elbie's parents and made to feel at home. When the boys' class experiences odd events one day in the School Library, the boys, plus Theresa and her best friend, the English emigre Kerry, begin to investigate. Before it's over, they will have exposed wrongdoing and effectively righted a wrong, with major assistance from “beyond the grave.”
This is an exciting and involving series. I've read each book in one sitting; I just couldn't stop.
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