The Hamlet Chronicles #2

Six Haunted Hairdos

gregory maguire elaine clayton

Miss Earth's class is divided--the boys believe in ghosts, but the girls definitely do not. Luckily the boys know what to do if they see a specter: 1. Pinch yourself to make sure you're awake. 2. Pinch the ghost, to make sure it's real. 3. Run away--as fast as you can!

The girls have a better idea--scare the boys by dressing up as six spooky hairdressers from beyond the grave. But when some real ghosts show up, both groups have to pinch themselves!

Genres childrensfictionmiddle graderealistic fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1997

Series

The Hamlet Chronicles

This edition

Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Published: August 18, 1999 by HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780064407205
ASIN: 0064407209
Language: English

About the author

gregory maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England (a non-profit educational charity).

Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.