Ghosthunters and the muddy monster of doom!

Format:

Book

Title:

Ghosthunters and the muddy monster of doom!

Other title(s):

Muddy monster of doom!

Uniform Title:

Gespensterjäger in grosser Gefahr. English

Author:

Funke, Cornelia, 1958- author.

ISBN:

9780439862684

9780439862691

9781428714830

9789780862688

9780329503352

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

New York : Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2007.

Physical Description:

165 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Series title(s):

Gespensterjägern.

Number in series:

Contents:

An easy task -- The village in the fog -- Hornheaver -- Ghostly visit -- The twelfth messenger -- Suspicious holes -- A bad suspicion -- A daring plan -- The ghosts' cave -- The breath of death -- Blood and a sharp blade -- The Zargoroth -- Revenge tastes sweet.

Summary:

With the fate of the world resting on the outcome of his battle against the mud dripping minotaur, Tom's final exam is one that is certain to test his combined knowledge in the field and, if he survives, rightfully earn him his Ghosthunting Diploma once and for all.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.6 4.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #114457.

Reading Counts 3-5 4.8 8 40805.

Lexile 800L.

F&P Q.

Subject(s):

Ghost stories.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

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Summary

More frightening fun for 7-to-10-year-olds from the phenomenal Cornelia Funke! Book 4 in the spooky-silly GHOSTHUNTERS series.

Intrepid ghosthunter-in-training Tom has battled Incredibly Revolting Ghosts, Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghosts, and a Totally Moldy Baroness. But it ends up nothing--NOTHING--is more frightening than...final exams. To earn his Ghosthunting Diploma, Tom's got to nab a Deadly Messenger: the hardest ghost of all to catch. And while on the hunt, he stumbles into the yucky, mucked-up lair of a mud-dripping minotaur demon who's assembled a ghoul army with the goal of world domination. Suddenly there's a whole lot more at stake than Tom's graduation: This is one test the team can't fail!

Author Notes

Author Cornelia Maria Funke was born in Dorsten, Germany on December 10, 1958. After graduating from the University of Hamburg, she worked as a social worker for three years. After completing a course in book illustration at the Hamburg State College of Design, she worked as a children's book illustrator and designed board games.

Her desire to draw magical worlds and her disappointment over the way some stories were written inspired her to write her own children's books. Her book, The Thief Lord, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children's book of the year and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. She has also received the Book Sense Children's Literature Award for Inkheart and Inkspell.

Funke has written numerous books including Dragon Rider, When Santa Fell to Earth, Igraine The Brave, Reckless, Saving Mississippi, Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, Igraine the Brave, and The Princess Knight. Inkheart was adapted into a film. Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-In Moldy Baroness, expert ghosthunter Hetty Hyssop, her young assistant Tom, and Hugo the ASG (or Averagely Spooky Ghost) track down the awful specter of a 17th-century baroness with a nasty streak. Hetty has invented ghost-catching technologies that come in handy when confronting the ghost of Jaspara von Gloomstone, who rides around Gloomsburg Castle on her spectral horse, body-nabbing anyone unlucky enough to be nearby, and thriving on the castle's electrical power. The only way to defeat her is for Tom to reenact her death, wearing one of her old gowns, and to persuade her to touch that dress. In Muddy Monster, the now-11-year-old Tom is ready to take the exam for his GhostHunting Diploma. Suspiciously, Professor Slimeblott gives the boy an "easy" assignment-to capture a ghost (only a Danger Category Three) in the village of Bogpool. But when Tom and the other ghosthunters arrive there, it soon becomes clear that solving the mystery of what's haunting Bogpool won't be safe or easy at all. These tales are more humorous than horrific, and their plots gallop along, accompanied by fun pen-and-ink cartoons. Hugo's constant tricks and complaints provide fine comic relief, and Hetty Hyssop always has another ghost-catching invention or formula up her sleeve.-Walter Minkel, New York Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Beleaguered nine-year-old Tom, first introduced in Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!, must take on the spirit of a bad-tempered baroness that inhabits the landlady of Gloomsburg Palace in Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness! by Cornelia Funke. Soon to follow: Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom! (Scholastic/Chicken House, $4.99 each 148p ages 7-10 ISBN 978-0-439-86267-7; Jan.; Doom 978-0-439-86269-1; Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

Eleven-year-old Tom survives two more ghostly battles, aided by butt-kicking senior citizen Hetty and benign ghost Hugo. The abundant acronyms are distracting and the heroes' triumph is never in doubt, but the creature-feature plots are accented with humor (most apparent in the generous, energetic spot art), and the adherence to formula allows readers easy entry into Tom's world. [Review covers these titles: Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom! and Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness!] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.