A Touch of Ruckus

by Ash Van Otterloo (Author)

A Touch of Ruckus
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

A laugh-out-loud, ghostly Southern mystery that's perfect for fans of Cassie Beasley and Natalie Lloyd.

Tennessee Lancaster has a hidden gift. She can pry into folks' memories with just a touch of their belongings. It's something she's always kept hidden -- especially from her big, chaotic family. Their lives are already chock-full of worries about Daddy's job and Mama's blues without Tennie rocking the boat. But when the Lancasters move to the mountains for a fresh start, Tennie's gift does something new.

Instead of just memories, her touch releases a ghost with a terrifying message: Trouble is coming. Tennie wants to ignore it. Except her new friend Fox -- scratch that, her only friend, Fox -- is desperate to go ghost hunting deep in the forest. And when Tennie frees even more of the spirits, trouble is exactly what she gets... and it hits close to home. The ghosts will be heard, and now Tennie must choose between keeping secrets or naming an ugly truth that could tear her family apart.

Magic and mayhem abound in this spooky story about family legacies, first friendships, and how facing the ghosts inside can sometimes mean stirring up a little bit of ruckus.

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Kirkus

Heads in unexpected directions and ends satisfyingly.

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Ash Van Otterloo
Ash Van Otterloo is the author of Cattywampus. When they're not writing and freelance editing, they love gardening, hiking, exchanging playful banter, and collecting folklore stories. A longtime resident of the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, they now live in Washington with their family and an enormous collection of plants.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338702033
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
September 07, 2021
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV018000 - Juvenile Fiction | Horror
JUV069000 - Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Grandmothers
Families
Ghosts
Ghost stories
Paranormal fiction
Secrecy
Secrets
Imaginary places
Parapsychology
Forests and forestry

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