A review by manwithanagenda
13 Ghosts: Strange But True Ghost Stories by Will Osborne

informative mysterious fast-paced

1.75

I likely read this when I was young and had forgotten about it. As a child I loved "real" spooky stuff and would have really enjoyed it. The book is only about 90 pages and really doesn't spend time developing the stories. Surely more could be said about the 'Tulip Staircase' at least? There wasn't even a real sense that this was a "strictly the facts, ma'am" situation either. The accounts tell very little and the afterword of each is almost identical. "This is the most interesting case ever in the history of ghost hunting and has been reported on in top ghost hunting pertiodicals."

Some of these accounts have been thoroughly debunked at this point, but others have enough doubt to make an updated collection for the middle grade market a good idea.

A little kid will love this edition, but the window for enjoyment is vanishingly small no matter how low the page count is.