| Ghost Ride Contributor(s): Cohen, Marina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554884381 ISBN-13: 9781554884384 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: Fourteen-year-old Sam McLean is less than thrilled with the prospect of moving to a collection of old mansions on the northern fringe of a small town called Ringwood. A nobody at his old school, Sam is desperate to be accepted by the cool kids and latches on to Cody Barns, aka Maniac. Cody's claim to fame is performing wild stunts - the crazier the better - and posting them on his blog. When Sam reluctantly joins Cody and his sidekick, Javon, on their midnight ghost riding, a practice in which the driver and passenger climb onto the hood of their moving car and dance, something goes terribly wrong. Cody convinces Sam to flee the scene, leaving Javon for dead. But soon, mysterious messages appear on Cody's blog and anonymous notes are slid into Sam's locker. As Sam struggles with his conscience, a haunting question remains: Who else knows the truth? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Lexile Measure: 600 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.2" (0.40 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 141447 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2011 Red Maple Award -- Shortlisted Fourteen-year-old Sam McLean is less than thrilled with the prospect of moving to a collection of old mansions on the northern fringe of a small town called Ringwood. A nobody at his old school, Sam is desperate to be accepted by the cool kids and latches on to Cody Barns, aka Maniac. Cody's claim to fame is performing wild stunts -- the crazier the better -- and posting them on his blog. When Sam reluctantly joins Cody and his sidekick, Javon, on their midnight ghost riding, a practice in which the driver and passenger climb onto the hood of their moving car and dance, something goes terribly wrong. Cody convinces Sam to flee the scene, leaving Javon for dead. But soon mysterious messages appear on Cody's blog and anonymous notes are slid into Sam's locker. As Sam struggles with his conscience, a haunting question remains: Who else knows the truth? |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Marina: - Marina Cohen is an elementary school teacher in the York Region District School Board. She has been nominated for the Sunburst, Red Maple Award, Rocky Mountain Book Award, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, and been an OLA Best Bet, JGL selection, and Amazon Book of the Month. She is the author of Chasing the White Witch, Ghost Ride, and Mind Gap. She lives in Markham, Ontario. |