A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time (Magic Treehouse: Merlin Missions #16)

by Mary Pope Osborne (Author) Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Merlin Missions
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Jack and Annie must help the famous writer Charles Dickens! The brother and sister are whisked back in time to Victorian England and the foggy streets of London. There, Jack and Annie discover that Charles Dickens has been thrown in jail! How can they help him? They will need all their magic--and help from three ghosts--to keep the great writer from ruining his life!

Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #44, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #16: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time.

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Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne is the award-winning author of many distinguished books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Magic Treehouse series; Favorite Medieval Tales, illustrated by Troy Howell; American Tall Tales, illustrated by Michael McCurdy; Rocking Horse Christmas, illustrated by Ned Bittinger; and Adaline Falling Star. The former president of the Author's Guild, she lives in New York City with her husband, Will.

Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Try It! by Mara Rockliff, All by Himself? by Elana K. Arnold, and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as her own Tell Me What to Dream About, This Is My Dollhouse, and The Year I Didn't Go to School, about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375856532
Lexile Measure
520
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 20, 2012
Series
Merlin Missions
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV016040 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Europe
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
Library of Congress categories
Time travel
History
19th century
Great Britain
Brothers and sisters
Magic
London (England)
Victoria, 1837-1901
Dickens, Charles

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