I was hoping that despite the audience for the book being young people that I would still find some spooky or unsettling stories. Unfortunately I think the collection is too juvenile for me, with the exception of "Allie Alma" (which actually might be too mature for young readers? maybe). I still enjoyed the collection overall, particularly the opening story "The Fate of Thomas P. Kanne." It takes place in the Egyptian exhibition at a museum and has a great ending :)

The author was also the narrator for the audiobook and he did a great job!

DUDE.

Short, as short stories should be, with chills. Just what I needed for the Halloween season.

Not to be read when all alone. Can be gripping.

I love short story compilations because each story requires so little investment. If the story is so so, skip it or just wait it out and in 15 minutes you will be to a new story. These were fun ghostly tales that were dark but not too scary. Just fun and spooky. Appropriate for 12 and up.

Fun set of ghostly stories, read by the author. I'm not sure if children will find any of them too scary (my children wandered in and out as I was listening, but didn't pay attention.) Ghosts help give various villains the come-uppance, and one boy who creeps up to the vampire's grave at midnight learns the delightful truth about mothers everywhere.

I have read this book at least six times, if not a dozen, cover to cover. When I was nine or ten I probably wouldn't have given it five stars, as the stories are good but not the most amazing ever, but now as an adult I still remember, still like, and still want to reread them for the umteempth time every summer.

Amazing short stories with beautiful endings. Loved it

Cute book. Glad I read this.

My child-self, who read this book aged 11 (when obsessed with the Redwall series), absolutely loved its mixture of suspense and humour, and its plot twists. She gave it five stars.
My nostalgic adult self, who read it again recently, doesn't agree, but she's not the intended audience.

A fun, surprisingly diverse book of stories from one of my favorite childhood authors.

A lot of these are either funny or feature a rotten kid getting comeuppance. All are written to appeal to a middle readers' point of view.