Scritch Scratch
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 2020 · Est. 6 hour read

Scritch Scratch

By Lindsay Currie

A girl is haunted by a mysterious boy seeking answers before it's too late.

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291 pages· 54,849 words· Est. 6 hour read
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Claire, a science-loving skeptic, is thrust into a chilling mystery when a ghostly boy appears on her dad's Chicago ghost tour. As eerie whispers and the number 396 haunt her, Claire must unravel the boy's secret before it's too late. Can she solve the mystery and find peace, or will the spirit's demands consume her? Dive into a tale of bravery and the supernatural, where history and the paranormal collide.

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For fans of Small Spaces comes a chilling ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the two together.Claire has absolutely no interest in the paranormal. She’s a scientist, which is why she can’t think of anything worse than having to help out her dad on one of his ghost-themed Chicago bus tours. She thinks she’s made it through when she sees a boy with a sad face and dark eyes at the back of the bus. There’s something off about his presence, especially because when she checks at the end of the tour…he’s gone.Claire tries to brush it off, she must be imagining things, letting her dad’s ghost stories get the best of her. But then the scratching starts. Voices whisper to her in the dark. The number 396 appears everywhere she turns. And the boy with the dark eyes starts following her.Claire is being haunted. The boy from the bus wants something…and Claire needs to find out what before it’s too late.

At a glance
Format
Pages
291
Words
54,849
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
HL610L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about ghostsBooks about family lifeBooks about survival storiesBooks about shipwrecks
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.3
F&P level
~O
AR points
8
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
509940
Publication
Published
August 3, 2021
First published
September 1, 2020
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781728232423

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