Dying to Meet You
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Chapter Book · Graphic novel · Ages 8–11 · 2009

Dying to Meet You

By Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the 43 Old Cemetery Road series

A grumpy writer, a boy, and a ghost clash in a haunted mansion. Can they find harmony?

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I. B. Grumply seeks solitude to overcome writer's block in a Victorian mansion, but it's already home to young Seymour, his cat, and a ghost named Olive. As tensions rise, can this unlikely trio find common ground and help each other? Discover a tale of unexpected friendships and quirky adventures through letters, drawings, and more in this whimsical story.

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Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road hoping to find some peace and quiet so he can crack a wicked case of writer’s block. But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied by eleven-year-old Seymour, his cat Shadow, and an irritable ghost named Olive. It’s hard to say who is more outraged. But a grumpy old ghost just might inspire this grumpy old man–and the abandoned kid? Well, let’s just say his last name’s Hope.Sisters Kate and M. Sarah Klise, the creators of the award-winning Regarding the . . . series, offer up this volume in a clever epistolary series told in letters, drawings, newspaper articles, a work-in-progress manuscript, and even an occasional tombstone engraving.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
160
Reading age
8–11
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
730L
Themes & topics
Books about writingBooks about letter writingBooks about familyBooks about ghostsBooks about authors
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.7
F&P level
~Q
Publication
Published
August 1, 2010
First published
April 6, 2009
Publisher
Clarion Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book · Graphic novel
Identifiers
ISBN
9780547398488

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