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The ghosts of Nantucket: 23 true accounts

2 reviews
Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 1984

Best of its kind
This is the best true accounts ghost story book I have ever read and I have been reading them since I was ten( I'm now 50). I don't know what universe Blue Ballitt wandered into when she was writing this but it has a real ring of authenticity to it and the stories are sometimes so downright strange-- A Red Freind comes particularly to mind--that the very bizarreness argues for some sort of ...

The Wright 3

37 reviews
Blue Balliett

Listening Library, 2006

The Wright 3
Book 2 in the continuing story of Petra, Calder and Tommy doesn't disappoint. Great references to art and literature to keep your child thinking.

Chasing Vermeer

143 reviews
Blue Balliett

Listening Library (Audio), 2004

Wonderfully Intriguing
I first checked out this book from the library thinking, "Eh. Just something for reading points." Well, let me tell you something. I WAS WRONG!!! This book is about to 6th graders who try to find the missing Vermeer painting, A Lady Writing. The story takes you through twists and turns and has a deep plot. I finished it in two days. Some people may say that this is not the best story, but I am ...

Nantucket Hauntings

2 reviews
Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 1990

Creepy, scary and unsettlingly plausable
I made the mistake of reading this book while staying in Nantucket in a 200 year-old house. Reading about the hauntings (one of which occured in the house next to where I was staying) got my mind over-active. A guitar in the hallway would inexpicably "ping". One door refused to stay shut -- even though the unlevel floor would have made it more likely for it to remain closed. Oh yes, I suffered ...

Nantucket Ghosts

3 reviews
Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 2006

Haunting Nantucket tales
This book was a page-turner right from the beginning. This is quite simply one of the best ghost story collections I have ever read, especially for one that is concerned with such a concise regional area. The stories are well varied, the writing is snappy and moves right along, and the storytellers keep nicely to the point. There's no embellished fluff or rehashing of old legends here. ALL of ...

Calder Game

13 reviews
Blue Balliett

Scholastic Press, 2008

A Win all the Way
I loved this book. Although I buy Blue Balliett books for my grandchildren, I read them myself first. I have found each to be captivating. The plots are tight, the settings vivid, and the characters real, making the suspension of disbelief not at all difficult. (The grandkids like them too.) I especially enjoyed The Calder Game. I loved Balliett's opening description, her use of the Calder ...