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    School of the Dead
    School of the Dead
    School of the Dead
    Audiobook6 hours

    School of the Dead

    Written by Avi

    Narrated by Michael Crouch

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this spine-tingling story from Newbery Medal winner Avi, a boy must solve the mystery of the ghost haunting him.

    For most of Tony Gilbert’s life, he has thought of his uncle as “Weird Uncle Charlie.” That is, until Uncle Charlie moves in with Tony and his family. Uncle Charlie is still odd, of course—talking about spirits and other supernatural stuff—but he and Tony become fast friends, and Tony ends up having a lot of fun with Uncle Charlie.

    When Uncle Charlie dies suddenly, Tony is devastated. Then he starts seeing Uncle Charlie everywhere! It doesn’t help that Tony switched schools—it was Uncle Charlie’s dying wish that Tony attend the Penda School, where Uncle Charlie himself went as a kid. The Penda School is eerie enough without his uncle’s ghost making it worse. On top of that, rumors have been circulating about a student who went missing shortly before Tony arrived. Could that somehow be related to Uncle Charlie’s ghost?

    Full of twists and turns that get spookier by the chapter, School of the Dead is a fast-paced mystery that Avi’s fans will devour! 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 21, 2016
    ISBN9780062448583
    Author

    Avi

    Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing but the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at avi-writer.com.

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    • 5/5
      What a great thrilling story, it is interesting all to the end.
    • 3/5
      A fun, fast kid's read, which I enjoy, but ultimately not a lot of "there" there. Nice to have a deftly written page turner once in a while as a palate cleanser, but I wouldn't go out of my way to urge it on others. The emotional stakes were very low, and the uncle/nephew relationship didn't ring true to me (as a very fond uncle myself), and plot points were left hanging, as if forgotten.

      (Note: 5 stars = rare and amazing, 4 = quite good book, 3 = a decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. There are a lot of 4s and 3s in the world!)