The ghost's grave

Resource Information

The work The ghost's grave represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The ghost's grave

Statement of responsibility

Peg Kehret

Title variation

ghosts grave

Creator

• trueKehret, Peg

Subject

• trueTwelve-year-old boys
• trueGreat-aunts
• trueLeg
• trueNeighbors
• trueParanormal phenomena
• truePeacocks
• trueRural life -- Washington (State)
• trueSupernatural
• trueThieves
• trueTreasure chests
• trueTree houses
• trueWashington (State)
• Washington (State) -- Fiction
• trueAunts
• Aunts -- Fiction
• trueBoy detectives
• trueBoys and ghosts
• trueBurial
• trueCats
• trueChildren and ghosts
• trueCoal miners
• Coal miners -- Fiction
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• trueGhosts
• Ghosts -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Apprehensive about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueScary
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Character

• trueRelatable
• trueSympathetic

Award

• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2007.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2008.
• Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Florida), 2009.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Elementary School, 2009.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2009.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Intended audience

790L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Reading level

5

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent