SuitabookThe haunted library
Dori Hillestad Butler
- Reading
- Try reading a chapter at a time, then pause to consider what clues might connect the library haunting to Kaz’s missing family. Check in if the ghost mystery feels unsettling.
- Themes
- Friendship across different worlds: Kaz, a ghost boy, meets Claire, a girl who can see ghosts; they become friends and work together. Their friendship is presented as the basis for cooperation in the mystery.
- Mystery structure: The friends investigate the ghost haunting the library and consider whether it could be one of Kaz’s lost family members. The library haunting gives the friends a mystery to investigate, with a possible family connection for Kaz.
- Worth knowing
- Kaz is separated from his ghost family after his haunt is torn down.