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This wonderfully weird and wacky early reader series is perfect for reluctant readers.

In the ninth hysterical tale, Wiley & Grampa are bound find themselves in yet another bone-chilling adventure. These two are sure to get into mischief as they encounter the ghoulish side of Ginham County.

You’re in for another kooky classic as Wiley & Grampa step in to save the day!

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Steve Deline, Jackie Greed, Suppasak Viboonlarp, Mark Mayes, Hiland Hall, Amy Pennington, Alejandra, Inge Govaerts, Joe Kocian, Jim Jeong, Will Keightly, Mrs. Nelson’s Books, Tim Nelson, and the mezz crew woo woo!

A special holiday-spiced thanks to Andrea, Jill, Alison, Elizabeth, Saho, Sangeeta and the Little Brown crew.

An extra noggy thanks to Ashley & Carolyn Grayson and Dav Pilkey.

And a super, nutmeg-sprinkled thanks to Harold Aulds and Diane and Corey Scroggs.

Chapter 1

Take a Whiff

Ladies and gentlemen, Swedish pastry chefs, and connoisseurs of fine odors… A horrible presence roams these halls. A ghoulish, gooey, and sometimes gassy ghost that breaks furniture, wails and moans like a hippo with a toothache, and smells like a Limburger cheese and sauerkraut quesadilla.

Turn back now! Your nostrils are in grave danger.…

AAAAAH!

Don't be frightened! Those aren't ghosts. It's just Gramma and Merle in their nightly avocado, cucumber, and cold cream beauty masks.

"Hold it down in here!" yelled Gramma. "Merle and I are trying to get our beauty rest. Merle's gotta look his best for the Gingham County Cat Show this weekend."

"Sorry, Granny!" Grampa said. "But we just installed our new eleven speaker surround sound system. Howl of The Poodle People is coming on at midnight and I want the walls to shake with every shriek of terror."

Chapter 2

Bad News Bearers

Just then, the phone rang with the fury of a thousand angry trombones!

I answered it and got some very bad news.

"Grampa," I said sadly, "I'm afraid I've got some terrible news for you."

"They've cancelled Wheel of Fortune?" asked Grampa.

"No," I said. "Your fourth cousin- in law, Lord Rankonstink, passed away in a tragic rabid aardvark incident and you've been left something in his will."

"Nooooooo!" screamed Grampa as he swung from the chandelier and threw breakables. "Why does fate have to be so cruel?"

"Wow!" I said. "You guys must have been close."

"Actually, I didn't know I even had a fourth cousin in law," said Grampa. "I just felt like breaking something."

Chapter 3

Mind Your Manors

The next day we headed toward Lord Rankonstink's home. I even asked my best friend, Jubal, to come along.

"Are you kidding?" said Jubal. "It was either this or do my math homework."

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On Sale: Aug 1, 2008
Page Count: 112 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780316032896

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Kirk Scroggs

About the Author

Kirk Scroggs is the author and illustrator of the Snoop Troop books It Came From Beneath the Playground and Attack of the Ninja Potato Clones, as well as the two series Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet and Wiley & Grampa’s Creature Features. He lives in Los Angeles.

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