The Seer of Shadows by Avi

5 stars

Where Something Upstairs was a mildly creepy time-travel ghost story, this is a TOTALLY creepy historical ghost story.

With a healthy dose of cool old "technology" thrown in.

Anyone who likes a good ghost story, historical fiction or photography should totally read this book.

You just might not want to read it alone in the dark.... just saying.

Something Upstairs by Avi

4 stars

Interesting.... mildly creepy... and kind of weird.

And apparently based on a story Avi was told by a kid he met.... so it's a "true" story... maybe.

Boy meets ghost, ghost takes boy back in time, boy must solve ghost's murder.

Probably would appeal to late elem./middle school boys, I would think.  Especially ones that like mystery and history.

Set in Rhode Island, so New Englanders might get more out of it than us Westerners, lol.

What do Fish have to do with Anything? by Avi

3 stars
yf short stories

I do not love short stories.  I just don't. 

I always feel short-changed.  There's just not enough to most of them to feel like they really stand alone well.

And for the most part, that's what I found here.  I felt like 2, maybe 3, of the 7 had enough to them and I only really really enjoyed one of them.  I didn't hate the others... but I'm just not sure I could say I liked them all that much.

Which is probably really just me.  And my not loving short stories.

Teacher Tamer was my favorite.