To Ollie's surprise, though, his first friend in town is a little more.

Moving all the time means Ollie has struggled in the making friends department, but he quickly connects with a boy named Teddy. His mother is starting another new job, this time at the Bingham Theater in Granite City, California. Twelve-year-old Ollie Oxley is moving-again. Twelve-year-old Ollie Sparks isn't expecting his first friend in town to be a ghost, but together they team up to save his mother's theatre and take down the school bully. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. VERDICT This not-so-scary ghost story toes the line between simple and simplistic, but it contains enough interesting elements to engage young readers who are ready to try a longer book.-Madison Bishop, Plymouth Public Library, MAα(c) Copyright 2011. Because of its simple plot and basic themes, this book would be particularly suitable for younger readers who are ready to move beyond chapter books. The book weaves together a historical mystery with a contemporary school story about bullies and class elections, and though the villains are over-the-top and one-dimensional, the conclusion is still satisfying and surprising, and may be particularly exciting to children with an interest in American history.

Though this is a story about ghosts, it never veers into scary territory Teddy is kind and helpful, and even the less friendly ghosts in town are more annoying than menacing. When a local bully buys the theater and threatens to shut it down for good, Ollie and Teddy try to track down an old treasure in order to save his mother's job. Granite City seems like every other town they've lived in until Ollie realizes that the boy sitting in the back of the class at school is actually a 200-year-old ghost named Teddy. His mother has a new job at the local theater in Granite City, CA, and Ollie and his sister DeeDee have to start over in an unfamiliar place. Gr 3 Up-Twelve-year-old Ollie Oxley is the new kid in town again.

My Partner the Ghost by Lisa Schmid