Books With Ghosts!

Halloween is drawing near, so what better way to mark the occasion than a great ghost story? Some of your most interesting classics are really spooky! These are just a few:

• The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
  When a young governess begins looking after two youngsters, she is startled to encounter the ghosts of two former servants.

• Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving
  What ever happened to poor Ichabod Crane? It's fun to share this quick must-read with a youngster on Halloween night.

• A Christmas Carole, Charles Dickens
  Who doesn't love this Christmas classic? The ghosts of this book provide some very important lessens in life.

• Beloved, Toni Morrison
  Sethe is an escaped slave whose experience sheds light on the cruelty that we find sometimes in loving others. The ghost plays a marginal but important role in the book—but the Pulitzer Prize winning work is essential reading for any student, any time.