INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Sage, Angie

Skeleton Island

(4) 4-6 Araminta Spookie series. Illustrated by John Kelly. In her seventh story, Araminta and her friend, Wanda, become stranded during a school field trip on an island inhabited by pirate ghosts. The skeleton pirates conscript the pair to dig up missing treasure and join their crew...unless Araminta can figure out how to break the pirates' curse. Cartoonish black-and-white illustrations highlight the humor and downplay anything scary in this mildly entertaining series episode.

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