A "Haunting" Tale of New York

This is Miss Jo again! I wanted to share with you a book that is really pretty good.

The title is The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh. You would think by the title that this book is about some people traveling at night to reach their destination. Well, the tourists are the dead who have died and are still hanging around.

The story starts with a boy named Jack. He lives alone with his dad, a professor at Yale University. Jack is hit by a car one day and he starts to see ghostly beings. Jack's dad sends him to New York City to see a doctor. In Grand Central Station, Jack meets a young girl named Euri. It turns out that Euri is a ghost and she introduces Jack to New York's ghostly underworld. While Jack is there, he has a hope of seeing his mother again, who died eight years ago. If he finds her, he might be able to bring her back; then he and his dad would be happy again. And maybe he can bring is new friend Euri back so she can be with her family again, too.

Will Jack get to see his mother again and find out why she left him and his dad? Will his new friend Euri get out of the underworld and get to be with her family again? Who will make it out? Will Jack be at peace once he gets out? Will Jack make it out before his time is up?

I think you will appreciate this magical adventure. It is a quick read and keeps you turning pages to the very end to see what happens to Jack, Euri and their families.

Let me know what you think.

See you at the library!