You Can't Pick Your Ghosts

<p>You Can't Pick Your Ghosts-Three Ghost Stories</p><p></p><p>What do an American middle school a castle in Spain and a golf course on the Oregon Coast have in common? Ghosts!</p><p>In the title story You Can't Pick Your Ghosts sixth-grader Annie is haunted by Vice-principal McCormack a real stickler for following rules. How can she convince him that 1.) she's already paid her library fine and 2.) he's been replaced by someone who's well alive.</p><p>The second story The Haunted Alcazar is about a ruin of a castle in Spain and the little girl ghost who has for centuries clung to its safe and familiar walls. One summer a shepherd boy happens upon the castle with his sheep and Rima is inspired to venture forth from her safe but lonely castle.  </p><p>Finally In Ghost House on the Green 12-year-old Ryan dreams of discovering new places but feels his annoying little brother Tommy is holding him back. When they spend a weekend at the beach Ryan discovers not a new place but a very old one he never could have imagined. Along the way he learns some unexpected things about local history and about being a brother.</p><p>The moral of these stories? You can't pick your ghosts-they pick you.</p><p><br></p>