{"product_id":"the-ghost-in-the-attic-2-isbn-9780448462448","title":"The Ghost in the Attic #2","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter successfully solving the mystery of the ghost in the library, Kaz and Claire land the first case for their detective agency—a haunted attic in a neighbor’s home! With a little help from Grannie, Kaz and Claire discover that what appeared to be something spooky has a much simpler explanation.Dori Hillestad Butler's books have appeared on children's choice award lists in 18 different states. \u003ci\u003eTrading Places with Tank Talbott \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Maryland Children's Choice Award in 2007. And \u003ci\u003eThe Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. Dori has also been a ghostwriter for the Sweet Valley Twins, Unicorn Club, and Boxcar Children series, and a children's book reviewer for several publications. She's published numerous short stories, plays, and educational materials, and has served as the Iowa Society of Children's Book Writers \u0026amp; Illustrators' Regional Advisor. She grew up in southern Minnesota and now lives in Coralville, Iowa, with her husband, son, dog, and cat. She visits schools and leads writing workshops all over the country.\u003cb\u003eGHOSTLY GLOSSARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXPAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ghosts make themselves larger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ghosts do so humans can see them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHAUNT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere ghosts live\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePASS THROUGH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ghosts travel through walls, doors, and other solid objects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHRINK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ghosts make themselves smaller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSKIZZY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ghosts feel sick to their stomachs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOLIDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ghosts call humans, animals, and objects they can’t see through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat comes out when ghosts throw up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSWIM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ghosts move freely through the air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ghosts do so humans can hear them\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What’s the matter, Kaz?” Claire asked as she shook the dice in her hand. “You look so sad.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz was sad. He and Claire were playing a dice game in the craft room. Claire rolled the dice for both of them. Kaz couldn’t help noticing that Claire always seemed to roll better for herself than she did for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that wasn’t why Kaz was sad. He was sad because it had been three weeks since he’d lost his haunt. And three weeks since he’d seen his mom, his dad, his brother Little John, or his dog, Cosmo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt had been even longer than that since he’d seen his brother Finn, or his grandparents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMom and Dad always said that maybe one day Finn, Grandmom, and Grandpop would find their way back to their old haunt. But Kaz knew that would never happen now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir haunt was gone. And his entire family was gone, too. The wind had carried Kaz over fields . . . houses . . . trees . . . and into Claire’s library. Kaz had no idea what had happened to the rest of his family. Or if he’d ever see them again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Are you thinking about your family?” Claire asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sort of,” Kaz admitted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire was a solid, but she wasn’t like other solids. She could see ghosts when they weren’t glowing. And she could hear ghosts when they weren’t wailing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz was a ghost, but he wasn’t like other ghosts. He couldn’t glow. He couldn’t wail. And he didn’t like to pass through solid objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Don’t worry, Kaz,” Claire said. “We’ll find your family. That’s why we started our detective agency, remember?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett snickered. He was the other ghost who lived at the library. Beckett spent most of his time in his secret room behind the bookcase in the craft room. But sometimes he came out to read library books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What?” Claire narrowed her eyes at Beckett. “What are you laughing at?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nothing,” Beckett said, turning a page in a book. “If you want to call yourselves detectives, it isn’t any of my business. But you’ve only solved one case, and it wasn’t even a hard one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It was, too!” Claire argued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz had to agree. He had thought he and Claire would never figure out who, or what, was haunting the library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you say so,” Beckett said. “But let me ask you this: Who’s going to hire a kid and a ghost to solve a mystery?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“People who have ghosts in their houses,” Claire said, like it was obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett snickered again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We won’t laugh at them like grown-up detectives would,” Claire said. “We’ll go to their houses and find their ghosts. And even if those ghosts don’t want to talk to me, they’ll talk to Kaz. Because he’s a ghost like they are.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How is Kaz going to go anywhere?” Beckett asked. “He can’t go into the Outside. He’ll blow away.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz hadn’t thought about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Claire shrugged like it was no big deal. “We’ll figure something out.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How will those solids—” Beckett began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Don’t call us solids,” Claire interrupted. Kaz knew Claire didn’t like that word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that didn’t stop Beckett. “How will those solids”—he put extra emphasis on the word “solids” just to annoy Claire—“find out about your detective agency? Will you put an ad in the newspaper? Will you hang a sign on the door? What about your parents? Do they know about your detective agency?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz doubted that. Claire’s parents thought she was too young to be a detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What would your parents say if they knew you’d started a detective agency?” Beckett asked. “Maybe I should show myself and tell them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You better not.” Claire leaped to her feet. “Why don’t you go back behind your wall and leave us alone?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Claire?” called a voice behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaz turned to see Claire’s grandma, Grandma Karen. She was the librarian, and she lived above the library with Claire and Claire’s parents. 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