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Ghost stories!

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 Summer is drawing to a close and we're getting ready to start school again.  Things seem a little scary here because of the virus and the uncertainty of what's going to happen next.  These books are scary in a completely different and wonderful way!   The first one is called Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie.  She writes terrific spooky middle grade books and that's exactly what this one is.  Scritch Scratch is narrated by Claire, an 8th grade science fair aficionado.  She lives with her parents and her older brother Sam.  Her dad has kind of an unusual job-he's a ghost hunter.  He writes book and runs a tour company that gives ghost tours of Chicago.  Claire finds this all very embarrassing.  The book opens with Claire being being asked to help her dad on the ghost tour.  The driver has unexpectedly called in sick and her dad doesn't want to cancel the tour.  So Claire is along to make sure her dad stays on time, that the bus doesn't get towed, and that everyo