Ghost Detectors The Spelling Bee Specter Book 19 by adrienne Enderle illustrated by Dave Shephard
Chapter 1 A Family Tradition Malcolm’s eyes crossed as he looked down at the next word on the spelling list They all ran together like a big blurry sentence Terrific he said Terrific Dandy repeated scrunching his face to think T-e-r-r-i-f-i-c Terrific Terrific Malcolm repeated Dandy gave Malcolm a confused look I just spelled terrific I know Malcolm said And you did a terrific job
Dandy groaned Not funny Can we take a break now Malcolm asked as he turned on his specter detector so his ghost dog Spooky could come out to play Spooky instantly appeared and jumped at the word list in Malcolm’s hand Yip Yip Dandy sat back and draped his arm over his eyes We can’t take a break Not yet The spelling bee is tomorrow Malcolm sighed All right A few more He looked down at the next word on the page Unusual Unusual Dandy twitched his mouth He looked up at Malcolm May I have the definition please Malcolm ran his finger across the page as he read Strange odd or weird He smiled Like spending Friday night