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The Best Ghost Stories Ever (Scholastic Classics) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Christopher Krovatin
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 26190
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0439574269
EAN: 9780439574266
ASIN: 0439574269
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Product Description
Watch your step. Be careful what you do. Ghosts are everywhere. In houses new and old. In lonely walks and grim gatherings. Underneath the wallpaper. Riding through the night.These are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James.Prepare to be haunted...
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 Lame, Lame, Lame September 11, 2008
Jesse Byron (Portland, OR)
If you want something actually scary... do not get this book. If you want ancient fiction that is suuuuuuuper dated and not scary. Buy this crap book.
 - July 6, 2008
Emily J. Taylor (Utah)
Unlike the many ghost stories collections that just want to be outlets for new writers trying to write something scary, this book goes for the great ones, like Poe and Stoker. They're unknown, but brilliantly written and wonderfully freaky.
Stay with the classics and read this book!
 Classic Literature May 1, 2008
ems (westchester, ny)
Classic short stories from some of the best writers. good for a quick collection, read them, adapt them, commit them to memory, then tell them to a whole new generation
Ghost Stories At their Best January 21, 2008
Yvonne A. Tucker (White, Ga)
A whole different type of Ghost story. Keeps you on the edge of your seat at all times.
I wouldn't call them "The Best" November 5, 2006
cwhitec (Davis, CA USA)
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because I like to read ghost stories. I am also a teacher, and my kids read them as well. I was somewhat disappointed when I perused the book after receiving it. Most of the stories I had already read...in college courses. My kids didn't like them either; unless you have an exceptionally bright child, the stories are a little deep and complex for anyone under 16. Also, if parents knew the true symbolism of "The Yellow Wallpaper," they may not want their child to read it. I had a hard time with this story being in the context of a children's book.
These stories are also a little too long and out-of-date to capture a child's interest. I teach 7th and 8th grade, and if they got bored with the stories, I'm sure anyone younger would too. If you are an older person, you may enjoy these stories a little more, as we tend to appreciate and understand "classics" a little better. But, like I said, if you have a bright child that enjoys multifaceted stories, by all means, buy the book. That's my .02.
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