Four young ghosts who have banded together to prevent crimes fly to England to investigate a swindler.

The crime-fighting Ghost Squad joins forces with living colleagues to find out the fate of a missing boy at a camp which seems to be headed by a former commandant of a Nazi death camp.

The members of the Ghost Squad determine to keep the evil Dr. Purcell from succeeding in his plan to have his ghostly accomplices take over the temporarily vacated bodies of living beings.

The Ghost Squad's attempts to solve the mystery of one murder--and prevent another--are complicated by the activities of the evil Malevs.

Four young ghosts uncover a plot by a senator's stepson to have his stepfather unwittingly pass out candy embedded with needles at a Halloween party.

An annotated listing of books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama recommended for junior high and middle school students.

An annotated listing of nearly 2,000 books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama; arranged topically under categories ranging from Abuse to Trivia; and recommended for junior high and middle school students.

Drawing on distinguished review sources, this updated and expanded guide recommends more than 4,800 American and British fantasy novels and anthologies, including nearly 1,500 new to this edition. Ten topical chapters embrace the entire range of fantasy literature, from allegory to witchcraft. Detailed annotations note major awards won, review citations, suggested reading level, other related titles by the author, and more. - Back cover.

Science fiction constitutes one of the largest and most widely read genres in literature, and this reference provides bibliographical data on some 20,000 science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books, as well as nonfiction monographs about the literature. A companion to Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1700-1974 (Gale, 1979), the present volume is alphabetically arranged by approximately 10,000 author names. The entry for each individual work includes title, publisher, date and place published, number of pages, hardbound or paperback format, and type of book (novel, anthology, etc.). Where appropriate, entries also provide translation notes, series information, pseudonyms, and remarks on special features (such as celebrity introductions). Includes indexes of titles, series, awards, and "doubles" (for locating volumes containing two novels). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.