breathe a ghost story
“She’s just a horror now,” Isabella said to Jack. In breathe a ghost story, by Cliff McNish, you’re bound to be appalled at what lengths the Ghost Mother will go to in order to have a child again. Which includes stealing Jack’s mother’s body!
In this book, Jack finds himself moving into “an old dilapidated farmhouse, creaking on it’s old two-hundred-year-old foundations.” However, this house has a terrifying history, which Jack quickly starts to learn about. His journey includes talking to ghosts, sensing the Nightmare Passage, and summoning those on the Other Side.
Honestly, my favorite part of this book, was when the Ghost Mother had taken over Sarah’s body, and refused to come out. I think that part of the book was one of many extremely interesting turning points.
I really liked this book, and would definitely recommend this book to any middle school student, girl or boy. Also, I would rate this book 9 out of 10.
-Submitted by: Jessica
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