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Ghosthunters And The Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost | 
| Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 310429
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0439833094
EAN: 9780439833097
ASIN: 0439833094
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Product Description
After banishing the Incredibly Revolting Ghost of book 1, Tom, former klutz, Hugo, still an Averagely Spooky Ghost (ASG to the uninitiated), and Hetty Hyssop, current world-renowned ghosthunter, have formed an agency dedicated to dealing with difficult apparitions. No case can defeat them--until they encounter a Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost. This smoking specter has claimed the penthouse suite of a beachfront hotel, where it passes its eternal vacation by turning guests into ghosts themselves. Could Hugo's slime douse the flaming phantom? Or are Tom and the team about to get burned?
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 My son loves it March 31, 2008
My 7 year old son loves this whole series of books. They are some of the only books he wants to keep on reading, even after his reading timer goes off. He can't seem to put them down, and he talks about them after reading. He also has picked them a few times to do his book reports on. Highly recommended!
 An Invincible Lightning Ghost May 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ghosthunters And The Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost is the second book in the series. In the first book, the ghosthunters got their ghost - an Incredibly Revolting Ghost. Now Tom (a 9 year old boy), Hetty (a world famous ghost hunter), and Hugo (an Average Spooky Ghost) must face a new ghost.br /br /The story starts when the ghosthunter crew sets out to help Mr. Alvin Bigshot at his isolated Seaside Resort on what they think is a simple and easy task to chase away a bothersome ghost. In an identical plot twist as the first time around, the ghosthunters go after one particular ghost and find there is something more dangerous to go after instead and you can probably guess that it's the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost in the story's title.br /br /For those who haven't read Roald Dahl's BFG, please do to see where Cornelia Funk got the ideas for IRGs and ASGs etc. Dahl's is a story of Giants and Funke's is a story of Ghosts. Dahl does a much better job at storytelling than Funke, and that's the crux of the problem. As with the first one, this one's weak on plot and not always believable. Unlike the first one though Funke less on the "idea" of ghosts and haunted houses being scary and more on real msytery/mystique. There are even a few genuinely scary moments (for young readers).br /br /Although the plot is weak, young readers interested in witches and ghosts should enjoy the story. It is a fairly good beginner chapter book for ages 7 to 9 and given a choice between the Junie B. Jones books and the Magic Treehouse books (which are also for ages 7 to 9 and also don't have much plot), this book is more fun.
 This was a pretty good book January 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the Ghosthunters series but this book was ok. The part when they put out the Invincible Lightning ghost was kind of dumb. This book is not scary. I like the first one better. br /br /Ryan: age 9
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside January 15, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
They captured first an IRGbr /(More dangerous than most)br /Now Hetty Hyssop and her crewbr /Must tackle a new ghostbr /br /They go to a seaside hotelbr /(The staff are agitated)br /And find the manager's reportbr /Was badly understatedbr /br /Equipped to fight a fire ghostbr /They find something much strongerbr /They use the tools they have on handbr /(I won't go on much longer)br /br /The moral of this Funke-y talebr /Is simple and sublimebr /"Never underestimatebr /A well placed gob of slime"br /br /br /br /Amanda Richards, January 14, 2007br /br /br /Ghosthunters And The Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost (Ghosthunters)br /br /Ghosthunters And The Totally Moldy Baroness! (Ghosthunters)br /br /Ghosthunters And The Muddy Monster Of Doom! (Ghosthunters)br /br /
A whole new ghostly world. November 30, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 7-year-old son loved this book. He could not wait to start it immediately following the first book(Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost). We both loved how Cornelia Funke has created a whole new vocabulary for this world naming all the different kinds of ghosts and how to try to be protected from them and neutralize them. We both can't wait for the next one!
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