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cimorene1558's review
3.0
Cute, silly ghost story for kids. It has very little substance (I can't be bothered to read the next one in the trilogy), some gross-out jokes, kidnapping, a wide variety of silly ghosts, a not-very-attractive human protagonist and a slightly more attractive ghost protagonist. It's kind of like one of the early Harry Potter books crossed with Adrian Mole or Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but much lower quality than any of those. There were points at which I really enjoyed it, and others where I could hardly imagine why I should keep reading it. That's not to say it's actually a bad book, but in a world where we have lots of really enjoyable hefty books full of ghosts, potty humor, and loser kids, it's not very worthwhile.
amibunk's review
3.0
This book is geared toward 9 through 12 year olds. "Golden & Grey" seems as if it would appeal to many different types of readers because it is a funny story involving boys, ghosts and not fitting in.
alissabar's review
4.0
Another fun recommendation from my son. I admit as a mother I was disturbed by the bullying that Tom goes through. Not fun. Still, I enjoyed the book a lot and would love to read the others in this series.
beththebookdragon's review
2.0
Fun, ghost-boy and human-boy mildly scary mystery for middle schoolers. Long book and seems to have only 'clean' language, so good for good upper-elementary readers.
alesia_charles's review
3.0
A juvenile and one of the Nutmeg Award books that my son recently read (that’s our state’s reading-promotion program) and recommended to me. And it is in fact a fun book. Tom Golden is having trouble fitting in at his new school, and matters are not helped when, after being hit by a car, he can see ghosts. But even before that, he’d unknowingly had a lot of contact with ghosts, because Grey Arthur had decided to be his Invisible Friend. Difficulties and hijinks ensue, though Arthur does a pretty good job at his task. An interesting feature of this alternate reality is that while ghosts are real, they’re definitely not the spirits of deceased humans. There’s a sequel, which should be out since this one was published in 2005, and I plan to look it up.
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