Blue Horse Books (October 2006)
Available in hardcover and softcover
176 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
Fiction / Ghost Stories (ages 8-12)

Hardcover Edition, ISBN 1-883953-37-5
(ISBN-13: 978-1-883953-37-9)
$18.95

Softcover Edition, ISBN 1-883953-36-7
(ISBN-13: 978-1-883953-36-2)
$12.95

A humorous spooky novel by the author of The Fresh Grave and The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek.

Welcome to the humorous adventures of three girls—Amanda, her kid sister Sally, and her best friend Roxanne—as they find themselves trapped on Shadow Island . . . a strange and desolate tiny island near a sleepy resort somewhere on Lake Superior.

To have any chance to get away, they will have to explore the mysterious and long-abandoned Stardust Hotel.

Unfortunately for the three of them, the old Victorian building is not quite as deserted as everyone thought.

As in all of Bial’s popular ghost stories, the young protagonists will encounter a host of ghosts as they dash from one humorous encounter to the next.

In the process, they will learn a lot about themselves, about friendship and family, and about the importance of striving to do the right thing even in trying circumstances.

Raymond Bial (www.raybial.com) is the acclaimed author of more than 80 books for children and adults, including many historical photo-documentary books such as Amish Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, and others. His previous ghost stories include The Fresh Grave and The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

Cover art is from a block print by Wisconsin artist Ken Swanson (www.kenswansonprintmaker.com).

Blue Horse Books is an imprint of Midwest Traditions, an award-winning nonprofit publisher of book for young readers.