Description
A train gets waylaid in the middle of nowhere, and Luke and his dad find themselves with four hours to kill before it’s fixed. Just enough time for a trip to the mysterious, decrepit old museum on the edge of town. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.
They think it’s just a way to kill time. But what waits for them inside the Klack Bros. Museum?
- A Haunted Museum: Forget dusty farm equipment. This place has a creepy circus sideshow, a heart in a jar, and an attraction called the "Ghost Boy."
- A Trapped Spirit: Luke is the only one who can see the ghost of a lonely Chinese boy, a spirit bound to a jar of ashes for over a hundred years.
- Father-Son Story: When Luke’s dad steals the ashes, hoping the ghost’s tragedy will cure his writer’s block, Luke must choose between his father and doing the right thing.
- Paranormal Adventure: From a strange roadside stop to a desperate chase on a moving train, Luke races to solve a century-old mystery and set the ghost boy free.
Genres
Pages50
Released2013
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN9780062289711
SellerHarperCollins
About the author(s)
KENNETH OPPEL is the bestselling author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the Times (UK). Kenneth Oppel is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, The Boundless, The Nest, Every Hidden Thing, Inkling and the Bloom trilogy. His latest novel is Ghostlight. Ken Oppel lives with his family in Toronto.
