The Ghost Behind the Wall

by Melvin Burgess

Book Overview

A Carnegie Medal NomineeTwelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a big London apartment building called Mahogany Villas, where he climbs through the building's old ventilation system to play tricks... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805071490
• ISBN13: 9780805071498
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9

Customer Reviews

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I highly recommend the book, "The ghost behind the wall." It is a story about a boy who finds a secret passage that leads him from his apartment to others as well. He then starts sneaking into other peoples apartments and takes things from thier house to make them think they're going crazy. He tends to pick on and old man inparticular. But while the boy is climing out of the mans apartment he meets a ghost boy. The boy gets so frightened, he quickly squirms out of the pipes as fast as he can and rushes home. It was a frightening experience but the boy continued to go back. After a while the ghost and the boy become friends. Before you know it they start scaring people together. If you want to find out what happens next in this thriller, I strongly advise you and your friends to read "The Ghost Behind the Wall."

The Ghost Behind the Wall

The Ghost Behind the WallBy: Melvin BurgessReviewed by: P. ShahPeriod: 1How would you react if you heard screams and whispers in the air conditioning ducts? David, a twelve year old kid that lives with his father in Mahogany Villas,(an apartment)gets the experience of his life! After school, on a tuesday, David felt like he was bored. When he looked at the ducts he felt as if a voice was calling him into the darkness. He was so curious that he pushed the grille and it opened into darkness. He climbed in with a flashlight and he spied on some people. He even snuck into his teacher's apartment and stole one of her boots. But he also had some frightening molments in the ducts. He came face to face with a ghost boy! One week later he was tempted to visit the ducts again. This time he played tricks on an elderly man named Mr. Alveston. David peed on the carpet, ate food from the refrigerator, and the ghost boy smashed all of Mr. Alveston's pictures. Near the end, everyone finds out that the ghost is really Mr. Alveston's memory of his childhood. I liked this book because it was funny to see what David did to each of the apartment rooms he snuck in. " He jumped down from the grille and slowly took a boot from his teacher." This is funny because two days later he returns the boot but he takes the other foot. " David peed on the floor next to the toilet." This is funny because you would never expect someone to pee on the floor right next to a toilet. I disliked this book because it wasn't as scary as i would have hoped it would have been. My favorite part of the book is when David sneaks into his teacher's apartment and he takes a boot. And then he switched the boots! My least favorite part of this book is when David and the ghost boy trash Mr. Alveston's apartment. I hated this part because it is sad to trash an elderly person's home.