title: Mystery of the Crying Ghost
author: Rita Hsu Syers
description: SCARY!!, January 25, 2007 A Kid's Review I thought this book was really fun and scary! I liked all the animals in it and Chloe, Maya, and Will remind me of me and my friends in school. I hope this author continues to write more books like this, because it was really good! --Elementary School Reviews<br /><br />Meet the new Nancy Drew!, January 25, 2007 Reviewer: M. Wilkes (Philadelphia, PA USA) Mystery of the Crying Ghost: (A Chloe Wendleton Mystery) is the first of many great stories to come. The second night I started reading it, I started back up at Chapter 5 and it kept me up until 3 am, because I had to finish it! Although this book is written for children and young adults, I, being in my early twenties, found a lot of humor and interest in it, and found that it truly resembles a modern day Nancy Drew novel. The best part about this book is that aside from the crying ghost, (and I don't want to give anything imporant away) the story draws upon historical facts and scientific ideas. It takes place in Bucks County, too! Which is the best setting for a mystery... --Newspaper review
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  A Real Durwan
  
  
  
  
  
  BOORI MA, sweeper of the stairwell, had not slept in two nights. So the
  morning before the third night she shook the mites out of her bedding. She
  shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once
  again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on
  vegetable peels to scatter in several directions.
  
  
  
  
  
  As she started up the four flights to the roof, Boori Ma kept one hand placed
  over the knee that swelled at the start of every rainy season. That meant that
  her bucket, quilts, and the bundle of reeds which served as her broom all had
  to be braced under one arm. Lately Boori Ma had been thinking that the stairs
  were getting steeper; climbing them felt more like climbing a ladder than a
  staircase. She was sixty-four years old, with hair in a knot no larger than a
  walnut, and she looked almost as narrow from the front as she did from the
  side.
  
  
  
  
  
  In fact, the only thing that appeared three dimensional about Boori Ma was 