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Ghostbusting doesn’t so much make them feel good as is absolutely necessary to fix a foolish mistake they made

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

August 8, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Lucely (pronounced Lu-sell-i, at least by the audio book narrator) Luna may be living alone with her father (her mother left them when Lucely was little) but due to an unusual family legacy, she’s able to see the presence of all the family’s departed members. Her father, who once had the gift, can only see them as fireflies but accepts that they’re there and cooks massive meals to provide for all the extended members who keep Lucely company. The family spirits are all tied to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Book Club, Children's Books, Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Almarie Guerra, Cannon Book Club, CBR13, Claribel A Ortega, Ghost Squad, ghosts, magic, Malin, middle grade, witches

Malin's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Book Club, Children's Books, Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Almarie Guerra, Cannon Book Club, CBR13, Claribel A Ortega, Ghost Squad, ghosts, magic, Malin, middle grade, witches ·
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The One Where I Review All the Young at Heart Book Club Picks, Finally.

Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

May 27, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I read these books all together for our Young at Heart book club so it only feels right to review them all together. Our goal for book club was to find book selections that reminded us of childhood in order to (hopefully) inspire a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. For the most part, these books succeeded on that metric for me. Ghost Squad – 4 stars Up first is Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. I often have trouble sinking into Middle Grades books – it is where […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, faintingviolet, Ghost Squad, judy blume, reread, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Book Club, Children's Books, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, faintingviolet, Ghost Squad, judy blume, reread, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Ghost Squad

May 21, 2021 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. Each of our three books – Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  – have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. (*Sign up […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books Tagged With: book club, Book Discussion, CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, Ghost Squad, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Children's Books · Tags: book club, Book Discussion, CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, Ghost Squad, Young at Heart ·
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Discussion has begun!

Young at Heart Discussion Topics

May 20, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Young at Heart Book Club has arrived!! We hope you’re as excited as we are to talk about some fun, nostalgic reads. Our individual book discussion posts are now live: Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy  Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  We’ll meet up to chat on Zoom on tomorrow evening, Sat. May 22, 2021 7 pm EDT, . (Sign up for the CBR newsletter “Cannon Fodder” to get Zoom details.) We will also be talking on our Social […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books, Young Adult Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Ghost Squad, Preview Post, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Children's Books, Young Adult · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Ghost Squad, Preview Post, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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Reminder! The Young at Heart #CannonBookClub is Coming Soon!

May 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Hello my lovely fellow Cannonballers! We are 10 days away from our first #CannonBookClub of 2021 – Young at Heart. Our books this time are Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. Choose one or more and join us to chat about these (hopefully) nostalgic stories. We’ll have three discussion posts – one for each book – here on the site starting May 21 as well as Discussion posts on Social Media.  Then on […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club · Tags: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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ScoobyDoo for grown ups but not quite enough

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

March 14, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So I’ve been wondering for a while why it seems to be that there can’t be ghost stories for grown-ups that don’t involve detailed often gory horror and/or a lot of unnecessary personal (self-inflicted at least partially most often) angst or troubles. Seannan McGuire’s Ghost Roads series comes close, but that’s only 2 (as of right now) books. I fine with tension and spooky and supernatural, but so much of what’s out there right now is too far into the brands of horror that I […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, alternate history, Claribel A Ortega, fireflies, ghost hunting, Ghost Squad, ghosts, magic, middle grade, st augustine fl, Young Adult

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:23 · Genres: Book Club, Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, alternate history, Claribel A Ortega, fireflies, ghost hunting, Ghost Squad, ghosts, magic, middle grade, st augustine fl, Young Adult ·
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