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    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
    Audiobook3 hours

    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs

    Written by Cynthia DeFelice

    Narrated by Christina Moore

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    About this audiobook

    Allie Nicholas is a sixth grader with the ability to see ghosts. A few weeks after helping the ghost of a young girl solve a murder, Allie is approached by another spirit to do the same for him. Allie's class is doing a project for Elder's Day that involves interviewing an older person. The ghost encourages her to pick Mrs. Hobbs, a woman who works in the school cafeteria, as the subject of her project. Although every child in the school is afraid of Mrs. Hobbs, Allie agrees to do it if it will help lay the ghost to rest. Soon, everywhere Allie goes, fires start suspiciously. This new ghost appears to be a handsome young man in need of help, but Allie learns that ghosts are not always what they seem to be. Award-winning author Cynthia DeFelice continues the story begun in The Ghost of Fossil Glen. Narrator Christina Moore perfectly captures Allie's confusion and determination as a normal girl dealing with supernatural problems.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 15, 2013
    ISBN9781470354725
    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
    Author

    Cynthia DeFelice

    Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling titles for young readers, including the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books, One Potato, Two Potato, and Casey in the Bath. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. Cynthia was born in Philadelphia in 1951. As a child, she was always reading. Summer vacations began with a trip to the bookstore, where she and her sister and brothers were allowed to pick out books for their summer reading. “To me,” she says, “those trips to the bookstore were even better than the rare occasions when we were given a quarter and turned loose at the penny-candy store on the boardwalk.” Cynthia has worked as a bookseller, a barn painter, a storyteller, and a school librarian. When asked what she loves best about being an author, she can’t pick just one answer: “I love the feeling of being caught up in the lives of the characters I am writing about. I enjoy the challenge of trying to write as honestly as I can, and I find enormous satisfaction in hearing from readers that something I wrote touched them, delighted them, made them shiver with fear or shake with laughter, or think about something new.” Cynthia and her husband live in Geneva, New York.

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       “Justice? Or revenge."Just your average day old eleven year old that sees ghosts, talks with them, and discoveries the truth about them, named Allie Nichols had met yet another murdered ghost. This ghost wants to be able to set things straight with the women who killed him, known as Mrs. Hobbs- Allie’s school cafeteria lady. Her best friend starts to turn against her, and now Allie thinks that Mrs. Hobbs had all these crazy superpowers. For Elder’s Day, the school has to interview one adult and ask them about their life and their past. Allie, trying to be brave and courage proudly boats that she will interview Mrs. Hobbs, also known as the Snapping Turtle. However, after the Snapping Turtle lights the cafeteria on fire ‘with her powers’, made the projector in the library melt, and hurt the fire Chief, she is convinced she is evil. Since Allie is now banned from seeing Mrs. Hobbs, by her father‘s decree, she now wants to learn even more about her. However, just because Allie can’t visit her, Mrs. Hobbs visits her, terrorizes her brother, and leaves basically a death threat. Now Allie is becoming more frustrated, because she sees her enemy with her best friend, this ghost won’t help her solve the mystery, and important people in her life are being hurt. Even though Allie doesn’t know what she is walking into or knows the real truth about this ghost, she is determined to find out the truth, even if it means risking embarrassment and fear. With a lot on her mind with her brother, the fire chief, school, Mr. Hobbs, the ghost, fires, her best friend, and pet sitting her teacher’s dog who is acting weird, she is becoming more and more angry, and ready to rip her hair out with stress. Because of all these thoughts rushing trough Allie’s mind, she knows she can’t just sit back and watch this happen, and she knows that you can’t fight fire with fire without getting burnt- and she is willing to take that chance.The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs by Cynthia Defelice is a magnificent piece of writing. Even though it is not the longest book, there sure is enough detail packed in those 180 pages. This may be a quick read, but it is also very intense and has a lot of emotion built up inside. The book has its ups and downs, just like any other book, but surely there is nothing bad with it. Of course it wasn’t perfect, but it makes a great impact. She used a broad range of vocabulary when writing this book. The setting and characterization seem so realistic that it is like a movie. It’s as if I was watching a play in front of me, action bursting out and the character’s drama coming to life. I feel as if I could have connected with them and shared some common realities.Despite the fact that there was room for improvement in this book, it was a fun, short little read. If you are into sci-fi or mystery, this book is good for you! Unlike some books/series, you do not need to read these in an particular order- they all tell their own stories. Overall, I would have to rate this book a three and a half out of five stars.