The Ghost Job

Name: The Ghost Job
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Greg van Eekhout
ISBN: 9780063253346

Author: Greg van Eekhout

Narrator: Sarah-Nicole Robles

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/26/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Ghost Stories, Children's Suspense, Holiday Stories

Synopsis

Ghosts make the best thieves in this pitch-perfect middle grade adventure from the acclaimed author of Weird Kid. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and John David Anderson--and anyone looking for an Ocean's 11-style heist!Zenith and her friends may be dead—but lucky for them, even getting ghosted wasn’t enough to tear them apart.The four of them were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife. So when they hear about a machine that could return them to the land of the living, they are determined to steal it.Unfortunately, the magical device belongs to a dangerous necromancer who’s out for their ectoplasm.Fortunately, they’re great at heists. Because pulling off the score of their deathtimes is no job for an amateur.

About Greg van Eekhout

Greg van Eekhout lives in San Diego, California, with his astronomy/physics professor wife and two dogs. He’s worked as an educational software developer, ice-cream scooper, part-time college instructor, and telemarketer. Being a writer is the only job he’s ever actually liked. You can find more about Greg at his website: writingandsnacks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Arjun on July 15, 2024

The ending was not the best. Why didn't Greg Van Eekhout just think of making Zenith and her friends using the Redeemer to come back to life and reunite with family? Zenith came back when her friends did not, and then Zenith dies again!......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 09, 2023

What worked: The idea of ghost thieves is a creative twist to a popular middle-grade topic. How is this possible? Well, Zenith is a poltergeist and can move solid objects. Her three friends’ abilities range from speaking to humans, a sensitivity to manipulate electricity, to seeing the world through......more

Goodreads review by Therearenobadbooks on October 12, 2023

From the author of Fenris & Mott and Voyage of the Dogs comes a parody and quick read (about 208 pages) of a heist where the whole team is made of pre-teen ghosts. Goal: take a book from a necromancer that allows the ghosts to return to life. Time-sensitive: before the family of the narrator (one of......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on January 16, 2024

Zenith, Eddie, Vanessa, and Nicholas are the best thieves in town; they also happen to be ghosts. After a tragic accident in a school science lab, the four friends are relieved to be as close in death as they were in life. Now they hope to use their various ghostly powers to pull off a seemingly imp......more

Goodreads review by Karen on November 30, 2023

Four ghosts who were best friends in life get to hang out together in the afterlife. Since they were killed in a freak gas leak explosion during science class, they hang out in the auditorium at their school. As they discover what kinds of ghosts they are and what special skills they have they grow......more