This was really entertaining! A children's ghost story, told from the perspective of one of the kids confronted with a ghost - a young girl with a connection to his family home, who needs to be put to rest. The plot, as you can see, is neither complicated nor original. What makes it appealing, however, is the prose, and the lovely tone that Peck uses throughout the story. It's very gently told, with extremely sympathetic main characters and a family that, if not quite so appealing, adds a humorous element. Alexander, the narrator, is a very observant child, and intersperses his ghostly communications with spying on his sister and turning a somewhat bewildered eye upon his mother's social climbing. His prickly relationship with Blossom, his neighbour and partner in crime, is also appealing, and if they were not exactly friends at the start, it's clear that they are by the end.

I would happily read this again. Apparently there's three more in the series, and I'm looking forward to discovering them too.