Haunted Houses: The Unsolved Mystery

by Lisa Wade McCormick

Overview

Footsteps echo down empty hallways. Ghostly shadows float across rooms. Are ghosts real? Do they haunt houses and other places? Find out about haunted houses and how science is trying to solve this mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429633949
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2009
Series:	Mysteries of Science
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	590L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

A scary house — What are haunted houses? — Studying haunted houses — Haunted findings.

Editorial Reviews

Presents the mystery of haunted houses, haunted friendship, famous haunted houses and includes bibliographical references and index. Besides the glossary definitions of some words are included on the pages with text and pictures. Highly interesting and informative. Sure to attract reluctant readers.

Mt. Diablo Unified School District

What makes a haunted house? Visions, sounds, and events that took place there are investigated in this “Mysteries of Science” book. Several famous haunted houses such as the Whaley House in San Diego, California and Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana are brought up as examples. Paranormal Investigators try to provide proof of haunting using trade techniques and scientific instruments, but this book mainly discusses the concept of haunted houses. The pages are all interesting color photos, with fact bubbles, and easy-to-read text, altogether a very inviting read. The bold vocabulary words are defined at the bottom of the page in which they appear as well as in the glossary. An index, suggestions for further reading, and an invitation to explore facthound.com, which is a kid-friendly search engine connected to the publisher, round out the back of the book. A good jumping-off point into the world of haunted houses, this introduction will make the reader want to explore more books on the subject.

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