Who Let the Ghosts Out?

by R.L. Stine

Book Overview

A boy suddenly finds himself haunted by the friendly ghosts of two children while being pursued by an evil being. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385746636
• ISBN13: 9780385746632
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Mostly Ghostly [book 1]: Who Let the Ghosts Out?

Max is an 11-year-old boy who is haunted by two ghosts named Nicky and Tara. Nicky and Tara need to find their parents and they want Max to help them. Like Max has enough problems already. His father wants him to go to a boarding school so he'll be more like his older brother Colin, and Max's school crush Traci thinks he's weird. And if that isn't enough, there is an evil ghoul named Phears who wants Nicky and Tara. When Max decides to help, he must go through challenges that, in my opinion, make him a braver person. It also makes him look cool around the kids at school. I really liked this story. Although I read the second book of this series first ("Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?"), I was able to understand what was going on. I laughed out loud and shivered with fright throughout reading this. I can't wait to start reading the third book.

Great!

When Max sees ghosts and the ghosts says he is the only one who can help them fight the most gruesome creature in the ghost world called Phears. Will Max ever get rid of the ghosts?

What a shame that the first girl to hug me had to be dead!

Max Doyle hated his life. He didn't have any normal friends, he's teased by the other kids, his big brother is a jerk, and his father wants to send him away to a boarding school where the students are tortured. Just when Max thought things couldn't get any worse, they do. Max is visited by two ghosts--about his age--named Nicky and Tara. They claim to have previously lived in his house, and they'll do anything to find out how they died and where their parents are. Max tries to ignore the two ghosts--he doesn't want to get involved. But it's impossible to ignore them when they try to help the cute girl at school notice Max. Unfortunately, they end up embarrasing him. But no matter how hard Max wants to get rid of them, he knows that he must help them destroy the evil ghost Phears. Phears knows all the secrets. Now, it's up to Max to destroy Phears and find out the truth! WHO LET THE GHOSTS OUT? seemed like a pretty weird book. But I picked it up since I'm a fan of R.L. Stine. As I started reading, I excepted everything to be all silly and childish. Boy, was I wrong. This novel is fantastic! It has horror, humor, and even a little romance. I will be looking forward to reading more books in the Mostly Ghostly series, and I recommend that fans of dark comedies do so, too.