Two books so far, at least one more to come.
The first one is The Screaming Staircase.
The second one is The Whispering Skull.
They are good solid YA for, my best guess is, 13 and up*, kids who have grown up with the modern tendency toward a bit of horror even in kids' books but not too much. (I have seen some that were way over the top in my opinion.)
Setting: Alternate universe in which the UK, and apparently only the UK, is having major ghost problems. They are not the tame, just-ignore-it kind of ghosts. Their touch is deadly. Only kids under 18 can perceive them, but everyone can be killed just by being touched by them. So all the intrepid ghost-killers are kids, who have to protect the adults who are their business managers and trainers. There is lots of action and only a moderate amount of Don'tgonearthecastle behavior.
The physical books are nicely produced and well copy-edited. The first one had an appealing cover picture; the second one was not to my taste. Luckily it doesn't show when the book is open.
ETA: * "and up" includes me at 66
=Tamar
The first one is The Screaming Staircase.
The second one is The Whispering Skull.
They are good solid YA for, my best guess is, 13 and up*, kids who have grown up with the modern tendency toward a bit of horror even in kids' books but not too much. (I have seen some that were way over the top in my opinion.)
Setting: Alternate universe in which the UK, and apparently only the UK, is having major ghost problems. They are not the tame, just-ignore-it kind of ghosts. Their touch is deadly. Only kids under 18 can perceive them, but everyone can be killed just by being touched by them. So all the intrepid ghost-killers are kids, who have to protect the adults who are their business managers and trainers. There is lots of action and only a moderate amount of Don'tgonearthecastle behavior.
The physical books are nicely produced and well copy-edited. The first one had an appealing cover picture; the second one was not to my taste. Luckily it doesn't show when the book is open.
ETA: * "and up" includes me at 66
=Tamar