{My thoughts} – I’ve come to love these Eerie Elementary books. In this one Sam’s class ends up getting a substitute teacher. The teacher ends up being a relative of Orson Eerie the guy that possesses the school.

The three hall monitors Sam, Lucy and Antonio discover the new substitute is actually on their side. Because of this the four of them work together to try and undo what Orson Eerie had done all those years ago that had allowed him the ability to make the school come alive.

If you’d like to know what happens you’ll need to read the book. Like the previous books in the series, I found it to be very much engaging for the reader. I look forward to reading more books in this series in the future.

I recommend this book for any beginner reader that is interested in slightly scary stories. ( )

Sam, Lucy, and Antonio are suspicious when their new substitute teacher, Mr. Eerie, looks too much their school's evil founder, Orson Eerie, who has been controlling the school building and trying to attack the trio of friends. But perhaps their substitute may have just found a way to help them defeat Orson Eerie once and for all?

This book is clearly part of a series, but it doesn't seem to matter that much if readers are familiar with the previous books or not -- the author quickly sums up all you need to know to get what's going on in this story. The book focuses primarily on plot, but I do feel like we get a little more characterization in this title than in the previous one. Once again, I'm a little disappointed that while the three students do mostly everything together, it's clear that Sam is the leader -- which makes the touch of diversity seem a little more like tokenism.

As with the previous title, the book ends on a note making it obvious that the series will continue, although this particular part of the story is fairly well wrapped up. With its suspense, short chapters, and overall slim length, this book will appeal to reluctant readers or those who are moving away from early readers but not quite ready for thick middle grades novels. ( )