Handbook to Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Haunted Houses

by Sean McCollum

Overview

Ghosts . . . are they real spirits or just the stuff of scary stories? Scientists have yet to find any evidence spirits of the dead exist in our world, yet many people believe they do. Whatever our opinions, legends of ghosts, poltergeists, and hauntings exist in many cultures. At times helpful, at times terrifying, ghosts have a fearful grip on our imaginations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666309591
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2021
Series:	Paranormal Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Award-winning author Sean McCollum has written more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of articles for children and teens. Currently living in the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, he has sailed on ships big and small, and always checks where the lifeboats are stowed.

Table of Contents

The vanishing hitchhiker — The mystery of ghosts — Poltergeists : troublemaking spirits — Haunted places : don't go in there! — Pursuing the paranormal.

Interviews

Good for teaching geography and world stories; chunked text; 2 sidebars and 4–6 fact boxes per title; callout definitions; glossary; facthound; read more; map and quiz

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2016
Gr 3–5—Besides acknowledging the long, wide appeal of these mysterious creatures, places, and events in human history, these "quick reference guides" cover long ago and recent and far and near occurrences. Bigfoot and Stonehenge begin with a presentation on their familiar, titular subjects followed by somewhat shorter descriptions of six less widely known ones. UFOs and Ghosts devote a chapter to each of the three subjects in their titles, with a fourth chapter on the work of specialists studying these phenomena. Evenhanded in the matters of belief and believability, the texts include a few hoaxes and always state that there is no scientific evidence proving the existence of any of these paranormal subjects. However, they don't discount the possibilities either. Concluding multiple choice questions test readers' recall of facts. VERDICT Good overviews for collections that need additional materials on these popular topics.

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