2012-2013
Here is a funny middle-grade mystery from a bright new fiction talent.Things in
the New England town of Ashcrumb are getting weird. Or just weirder. Misty
Gordon, whose antique-dealing parents drive a van that says “D.E.A.D.” on the
side (for “Deceased’s Estate and Antique Dealer”), is accustomed to weird.One
day, when accompanying her father to the estate of a recently departed
clairvoyant, Misty discovers a notebook and a pair of eyeglasses that enable her
to see ghosts! And solve mysteries. With the help of her new powers and her best
friend, Yoshi, Misty learns that her hometown was settled not by respectable
colonists but by pirates! And the ghosts of the pirates are returning to reclaim
a dangerous, powerful treasure they lost centuries ago. Who will find it first,
Misty or the pirates?