Joyfully Retired

The Ghost, The White House and Me

Judith St. George

Scholastic Inc., 2007

Today’s post is written by a guest blogger. Well, to be honest, she is an aspiring guest blogger. On a recent visit with my ten-year-old granddaughter she shared with me a book she was reviewing for her fourth-grade class. I thought you might enjoy hearing about it as well.

Although it was written two years ago, it’s the story of two little girls living in the White House. Maybe I better let Q tell the story. Here is her book review.

Have you ever wondered if ghosts were real? Well, I just read the perfect book. It’s about two girls named Annie and Kay-Kay. Their mother is President of the United States and they recently moved into the White House. The story is told by Kay-Kay who loves to write mysteries.

One day a classmate, Borden, told the girls about the time his grandfather saw Abraham Lincoln’s ghost in the Lincoln bedroom. (Borden’s grandfather was President before their mother.)

The girls want to sleep in that bedroom and that evening when their Uncle Matt came for dinner Kay-Kay asked if she and Annie could sleep in Lincoln’s bedroom. Unfortunately, her mother said no. When Uncle Matt found out about the ghost, he said he wanted to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom. Mother said yes and it was decided he would do it the next Saturday.

Kay-Kay and Annie talked it over and decided that they would scare Uncle Matt. Their plan involved a hidden ipod set to go off late at night and would play the Gettysburg Address. I can’t tell you what happened next because you will have to read the book yourself.

I recommend this book because the author used a lot of good language and funny phrases like “she put her foot in her mouth instead of her food.” So, I highly recommend you read this book.