Abracadabra! Books
Book #8
Wow! Blast from the Past!
Written by Peter Lerangis & illustrated by Jim Talbot
7 - 10
Reading
age
112
Page
count
8,633
Word
count
Jan 1, 2003
Publication
date
Paperback
$3.99
$3.71
Summary
Max, Jessica, Quincy, and Selena have another magical mystery to solve: Is a ghostly girl from 1798 haunting Olde Brattle Village? The Abracadabra Club is going to take part in the grand opening of Olde Brattle Village. It’s been restored to look just as it did in 1798. Max, Jessica, Quincy, Selena, and their classmates will act as Colonial children. Acting and performing old-fashioned magic tricks is lots of fun. But then Jessica spies a ghostly girl dressed all in white. Is Olde Brattle Village haunted? In the end, the Abracadabra Club gets to the bottom of the mystery. The “ghost” is, in fact, just a real-life girl who wants join in the fun at Old Brattle Village.
The Creatives Behind the Book
Author
Peter Lerangis is the author of more than one hundred and sixty books, which have sold more than five and half million copies and been translated into thirty-three different languages. These include the first four books in the New York Times bestselling Seven Wonders series, The Colossus Rises, Lost in Babylon, The Tomb of Shadows, and The Curse of the King, and two books in the 39 Clues series. Peter is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry. He has run a marathon and gone rock climbing during an earthquake—though not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe. In his spare time, he likes to eat chocolate.
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