Haunted Schools: True Ghost Stories by Allan Zullo

This book consists of nine short stories about ghosts that have made contact with young people in schools. The title and the introduction suggest that these stories are based on actual occurrences. I am personally skeptical about that, but teenagers would probably enjoy these stories even more wondering if something like that actually happened. They are about ghosts—that is, individuals who had died and appeared to certain people—but for the most part I did not find them scary or even very creepy; just interesting.
This is a fun book to read because it makes one think about things no one knows much about. This could possibly be a good book to recommend to young teens who feel uncomfortable about the concept of ghosts, because it suggests that even if ghosts did exist, they would not necessarily be bad. Regardless of the reader’s personal feelings about ghosts, I think this is an enjoyable book. The fact that there are several short stories instead of one continuous story may be positive for some and negative for others.

Review by David Dunkerton