Meet the G H O S T Squad Girls Hunting Oddities Supernatural Things Luna Discovered her psychic abilities in third grade when a spirit warned her about the vegetables hidden under her pizza cheese That night she also discovered her mother a popular and totally embarrassing psychic on TV is not psychic at all Other Loves soccer and cheerleading Hates broccoli Mags Short for Magdeline Her family has lived in New Orleans since it was founded in 1718 They know pretty much everything about everyone And if they don’t know Mags knows how to dig up the dirt Mags has a brain full of history knowledge and she’s not afraid to use it 4
Other Best back tuck on the cheer squad Afraid of clowns and pufferfi sh Don’t ask why she won’t talk about it Scarlett Cheer captain skeptic and technology genius Enjoys code cracking hacking and teaching her service dog Dakota strange tricks Lost her lower leg in an accident Became gymnast and cheerleader soon after Other Founded G H O S T Squad in third grade after Luna told her about the invisible hero who saved her from a mouthful of greens Still doesn’t totally believe in ghosts Still totally loves ghost hunting Dakota Labrador Scarlett’s service dog Recently learned to skateboard and sneeze on command But not at the same time Yet Other Can smell ghosts Will do anything for bacon 5
Case ID Freaky1 Location Mirror Funhouse Carnival at Sunshine Middle School Background Rumors of a haunted funhouse leaves people not wanting to go to the carnival Reported Activity Ghost-like figure appears in the funhouse behind glass Possible causes Someone playing a sick joke Evil math teacher scaring kids into going home and doing homework Rumors No one has actually seen a ghost 6
Chapter 1 Carnival Chaos It wasn’t even first period yet and the G H O S T Squad was sitting in the principal’s office What did we do this time Mags whispered to Luna and Scarlett The three of them and Scarlett’s trusty service dog Dakota sat in a tight row on the bench in front of the principal’s desk while the head honcho herself was somewhere else She was probably doing this on purpose to build up suspense Total power move Did Scarlett hack the marquee in the front of the school again Luna asked That was one time Scarlett said Luna and Mags both gave Scarlett a look that said Oh come on What Logan Williams made fun of my leg so I thought someone should make fun of the fact that he peed his pants in gym that one time she said glancing down at her prosthetic leg It may have been one time but it was up for half the day before anyone figured it out 8
