ELEVEN AN EXPLANATION AND A PROMISE TWELVE CHECKING OUT A GHOST THIRTEEN A BROKEN PROMISE FOURTEEN ANOTHER GHOSTLY SIGHTING 74 79 90 95 119 124 FIFTEEN FLASH FLOOD 109 SIXTEEN SOME DANGEROUS PLANS SEVENTEEN A MIDNIGHT INVESTIGATION EIGHTEEN A FAKE GHOST 130 NINETEEN A SCARY DISCOVERY 136 TWENTY TRAPPED 141 TWENTY-ONE A GHOST CONFESSES 147
ONE A Mysterious SIGHTING Marvin Fremont sprawled in a chair in his room thumbing through a book of ghost stories he’d just checked out of the library His chair was turned so that he could prop his bare feet on his windowsill It was a Sunday afternoon in April and a long week of spring vacation stretched ahead Even better unlike other spring vacations that had been snowy and cold this year the weather was almost summery Marvin was all set to enjoy a re laxing hour in the sun His twin sister Sarah who hardly ever sat still and certainly not for a whole hour burst into his room Marvin she yelled 1
2 MARVELOUS MARVIN AND THE PIONEER GHOST When there was no answer Sarah bent over the chair Marvin she repeated Annoyed Marvin held his place with his fingers and shut the book What Mom said my karate class could meet at the house Sarah said flopping herself down on Marvin’s bed Noticing that her brother looked alarmed she laughed Not for prac tice silly We are going to talk about ways to earn money for the trip to the state champi onships But it is a great time for you to meet everyone No thanks Marvin said I’ve got some things to do Sarah frowned Like what Like read my book Marvin said firmly He casually turned the book so the title was hidden He was sure Sarah would scoff at the idea of ghosts Sarah noticed that he was hiding the title Since Marvin had been reading a lot of detec tive stories the past few months she was cer tain that was what he was reading now Marvin and his sister had helped catch a gang of car thieves the previous fall and she knew he was hoping to find another crime to solve Jeepers Marvin she said reasonably I don’t think there are very many crooks
