Spook Hollow: The Secret of the Phantom Teacher's Code: 2 - Softcover

Book 2 of 2: Spook Hollow

Bailey, W. H.

 
9798993193939: Spook Hollow: The Secret of the Phantom Teacher's Code: 2

Synopsis

In Spook Hollow, every day has a mystery and every ghost has a story.

When Noah James and her friends explore the long-abandoned Rock Elementary School, they expect to find dust, cobwebs, and old desks warped by decades of neglect. Not a nightmarish ghost with wild eyes and wire-rimmed spectacles, forcing them to copy a string of mysterious numbers. The spectral schoolmarm won't speak. Won't explain. She just taps that broken piece of chalk against the board and points with ghostly fingers—copy it down or you're not leaving.

Digging into the school's history, Noah uncovers the tragic story of Ruby West, a beloved teacher who vanished without a trace on the last day of school in 1926. She left behind a heartbroken husband, a five-year-old daughter who cried herself to sleep every night, and a community that never forgot her. The official story claims she abandoned her family. But the whispers in Spook Hollow tell a different tale—one of jealousy, ambition, and murder. A hundred years later, Ruby's ghost isn't asking for help. She's demanding justice.

With her twin brother Nate and best friend Jeannie, Noah races to crack Ruby's code. Along the way, they find an old book of local folklore. The deeper they dig, the darker the truth becomes. Someone took more than Ruby's life. When Ruby's great-great-granddaughter Annabelle moves back into Ruby's old house with her five-year-old daughter Lily, the stakes become personal. Follow along with Noah and the gang as they face off against ghosts, unravel the mystery, and solve The Secret of the Phantom Teacher's Code.

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