Ghost Detectors Volume 1. Dotti Enderle

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Enderle, Dotti, 1954–

      [Short stories. Selections]

      Ghost detectors. Volume 1. Let the specter-detecting begin. Books 1–3 / by Dotti Enderle ; illustrated by Howard McWilliam. — First edition.

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      Summary: In this first volume of three stories, ten-year-old best friends Malcom and Dandy thwart a practical-joking poltergeist, rid the Miller house of a ghost, and get to the bottom of some unusual paranormal activity in their elementary school. ISBN 978-1-938063-29-9

      [1. Ghosts—Fiction. 2. Poltergeists—Fiction. 3. Supernatural—Fiction. I. McWilliam, Howard, 1977– illustrator. II. Title. III. Title: Let the specter-detecting begin.

      PZ7.E69645Gf 2013

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      2013009115

      Book design by Mighty Media Inc., Minneapolis, MN

      Cover: Colleen Dolphin • Interior: Chris Long

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