Over My Dead Body (43 Old Cemetery Road)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547577133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Tater has Grumply committed to the Illinois Home for the Deranged, locks Seymour in a Dickensian orphanage, and announces that Halloween is cancelled. Spence. The story is told through letters, newspaper clippings, and interview transcripts. From School Library Journal Grade 4–6—Having been abandoned by his parents in Dying to Meet You (Harcourt, 2009), 11-year-old Seymour Hope is happily living and writing at 43 Old Cemetery Road in collaboration with his friends, author Ignatius B. Openitt while the feisty librarian, who staunchly resists Tater's book burners, is called M. The trio's serialized "true" supernatural stories are widely popular. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL END . Grumply and 190-year-old ghost-writer-in-residence Olive C. Ambitious busybody Dick Tater, head of t
Spence. Dick Tater is not convinced. But this clever trio can’t be broken up as easily as he imagines .. The news from Ghastly, Illinois, is grave—and that’s something to laugh about!The International Movement for the Safety & Protection Of Our Kids & Youth (IMSPOOKY) dictates that Seymour cannot live in the mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road “without the benefit of parents.” Ignatius B. Grumply tries to explain to Dick Tater, the head of IMSPOOKY, that he and Seymour are in a lovely living arrangement with the ghost of Olive C
Barbara Pringle said Over My Dead Body!. I love children's books and ghosts stories, so I was excited to get Over My Dead Body. When I got it well, I was alarmed by the format of the book and was prepared to dislike it. It's entirely written as a graphic novel or as letters between various people, along with excerpts from the local newspaper. It sounds confusing, and I thought it would be, but it wasn't. It was easy to follow and fun to read.The story is essentially this: Seymour Hope is. A *Sweet* & *Fun* StoryTold In A *Unique* Way! Alex H OVER MY DEAD BODY: 43 OLD CEMETERY ROAD--BOOK 2 by sisters Kate Klise and illustrated by M. Sarah Klise has changed the way a child's storybook can be told.The story is explained through letters, newspaper articles, transcripts, and illustrations, among other things, that the characters in the story write/draw to each other--all created through the Klises' imagination.In OVER MY DEAD BODY, readers are reacquainted with an unusual trio, a 91-year ol. Cheesy, but in a good way! Amazon Customer This book uses a vast number of cheesy puns of names or just dead-related names, from the name of the city (Ghastly), to the meanie of the book (Dick Tater, who heads a group with a long name but has an acronym of IMSPOOKY). So much so, that you're almost wondering if the authors went too far. But wait, this is a kid's book, so the cheesier the better!PLot of story: Yes, there's an actual plot. The boy in the story was abandoned by his selfish pare