Claire’s experience on the bus tour is enough to wig out even the calmest of people, but add in a continued haunting, and it’s downright freaky.
Author Lindsay Currie wastes no time setting the scene. Scritch Scratch is based on real Chicago history, and it is creepy as can be. Synopsis provided by Sourcebooks for Young readers The boy from the bus wants something…and Claire needs to find out what before it’s too late. And the boy with the dark eyes starts following her.Ĭlaire is being haunted. The number 396 appears everywhere she turns. There’s something off about his presence, especially because when she checks at the end of the tour…he’s gone.Ĭlaire tries to brush it off, she must be imagining things, letting her dad’s ghost stories get the best of her. She thinks she’s made it through when she sees a boy with a sad face and dark eyes at the back of the bus. She’s a scientist, which is why she can’t think of anything worse than having to help out her dad on one of his ghost-themed Chicago bus tours. If you’re looking for a spooky tale that focuses on friendships, then Lindsay Currie’s Scritch Scratch might fit the bill.Ĭlaire has absolutely no interest in the paranormal. Just make sure that your closet door is shut and there is nothing under your bed before visiting Chicago with Claire.SCRITCH SCRATCH, by Lindsay Currie, Sourcebooks Young Readers, Sept. So, if you are looking to have your pulse quicken and question what that noise was in your attic, pick up this book. The first person perspective really puts the reader into Claire’s head, making the chilling scenes even more so. Scritch Scratch drew me in from the start and was hard to set down. I could feel her love of a good fright, but even more is the love of her City. In order to solve the mystery of the ghost boy, she will need to get the help of her friends and brother to find out what the boy wants before it’s too late.Ĭurrie does an amazing job of weaving a chilling ghost story with some interesting history of Chicago. That night, as she lies in bed, she hears scritch scratch sounds in her wall behind her bed. After the boy vanishes, she finds a crumpled up piece of paper with the number 396 written on it. His clothes are old-fashion and dripping wet. On the tour, she sees a pale boy with dark eyes sitting alone on the bus. Her life takes a sudden turn one night as she is forced to assist with her father’s ghost bus tour of Chicago. She has scary things to deal with, like is she losing her best friend to the new girl at school. She likes beakers and test tubes over gravestones and mausoleums. Claire is a scientist through and through - that makes her father’s fascination with ghosts that much more embarrassing.
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