Boo! Welcome to the Ghost Guild!

Everyone at the Ghost Guild (Motto: To Protect and Serve the Spectral in Their Postmortem Purpose) knows how the afterlife is supposed to work. But the case of the Maconochie siblings—Genie, Fenella, and Tillotson—has gone terribly wrong. Their ghostly career has begun with them being returned to their own funeral! They haven’t the faintest idea how to be ghosts; they haven’t even been issued a copy of the Ghostology, which would have helped them avoid mistakes like, for instance, eating. It’s no wonder they fall prey to the infamous telepathic swindler Serena Aster and wind up imprisoned in her mansion to do her evil bidding. When the three ghosts discover that a (living) young orphan has been captured along with them, their longing to break free and find their greater ghostly purpose takes on a new urgency.

★ “Barrows’s dialogue is witty, and readers will cheer these heroes every step of the way. Simultaneously classic and fresh; young readers will clamor for more.” – Kirkus

★ “Orphans, villains, ghosts, and humor . . . What’s not to love?” – Laura Amy Schlitz

★ “This tantalizing start to a new series melds friendship and spookiness into the perfect read for fans of Lemony Snicket’s ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ or Gertrude Chandler Warner’s ‘The Boxcar Children’.” – School Library Journal