Scholastic How to Speak Spook (and Stay Alive)
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Price: £6.99
Brand: Scholastic
Description: Donald can see, hear and chat with ghosts. So can his mum, though she isn't very good at it. She's often called to help solve ghostly problems, which Donald actually solves himself by having a chat with the ghosts. But now some sort of monster ghost has turned up and it wants to cause a lot of trouble. And this monster ghost doesn't want to talk. Scholastic How to Speak Spook (and Stay Alive) - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Scholastic
Product ID: 90502
ISBN: 9781407148755
Author: Toneye
Rating: 5
Review: My son has read most of this author's books, Beast, Beserk, Bedlam etc...but they aren't suitable for my 10 year old daughter so I was thrilled to find she had written books younger children. My daughter loved this book, it went out of the norm that she normally reads (David Walliams, David Baddiel, Jacqueline Wilson). She found the storyline fascinating and her apprehension that it might spook her before bedtime was not the case.
Author: Jamie-Lee Turner
Rating: 3
Review: An interesting book loaded with character and humour, a perfect introduction to the world of ghosts and ghouls. As a child, I grew up reading a lot of the Goosebumps books by R.L Stine so naturally How to Speak Spook(And Stay Alive) hit a childhood chord with me. Though not intensely scary, actually, not at all scary, the interesting premise of lots of ghosts just casually wandering through Donald’s life, on the walk to school, at his desk, in the bath, is intriguing enough by itself. Donald our main character is very special. He can taste colours, smell sounds and see and talk to ghosts. Most ghosts are friendly, and range from normal people like you and me, all the way to birds and worms. Donald sees and hears them all, his mother can too but Donald is a lot better at it and pretty much does his Mom’s job for her. He regularly visits his Dad even though their family has separated, and even though his Dad is dead. His Mother regularly takes him out to ghostly disturbances and Donald usually solves the problem with a quick chat however, some ghosts can’t be spoken too. There are a lot of interesting characters in this book, Donald’s Dad being one of them, there is also a ghost dog, a TV celebrity Palaeontologist and a witch named Estella. Each character is brilliantly thought out and even the ghosts have palpable back story and add an extra dose of weirdness to the mix. My favourite scene being when Donald and Merry(his best friend but not his girlfriend) are trapped in the crypt. Even though Donald seems to find himself in awkward situations involving ghosts and the supernatural, he soon discovers that the most dangerous things of all are often regular people. Estella is the leader of The Believers, a psychic and clairvoyant group that Donald’s mother is a part of. Estella has invited Donald and his family down to Dorset for what hopes to be the haunting of the century! She needs every able bodied psychic she can muster to help her banish the spirit once and for all. Though it is true that there is a very dangerous spirit roaming around wreaking havoc, Estella has a very different spirit in mind. For a children’s book, this story is loaded with action and tense scenes, but it more than entertains and delivers for younger children. With seances and fainting and destruction and kidnapping and spells! Everything comes to a head in this short and snappy story. And with a rip roaring ending that somehow manages to mix a hurricane and a dinosaur together, you’re in for one hell of a ride! Definitely a good book to start your children on the long and winding road to some of the best spooky story tellers out there, this funny and exciting story will be devoured in no time! This review was originally posted on: [...]
