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Who is Ghostwriter?

When a ghost suddenly begins haunting a neighborhood bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, four middle schoolers—Ruben, Chevon, Curtis and Donna—must team up to solve the mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. The friends give the specter a name—Ghostwriter—and are led on one exciting adventure after another, unlocking more of the mystery with every featured book.

Welcome to Your Next Chapter

Ghostwriter shows our four heroes solving their personal problems and uncovering Ghostwriter’s mysterious identity through literature. The multicultural cast and urban setting allow for a broad audience of children (ages 6-11) to see themselves in the characters, while the show’s curriculum encourages kids to view reading different types of literature as fun. Ghostwriter also aims to increase reading comprehension, vocabulary, reading fundamentals, and writing.

Awarded a 2020 Parents’ Choice Gold Award, Ghostwriter premiered on Apple TV+ in November 2019. The episodes are spread over narrative arcs that bring viewers on a magical adventure and invite them to solve the Ghostwriter mystery alongside the four adventurous friends.

To solve the Ghostwriter mystery, Ruben, Chevon, Curtis, and Donna must first read the stories. Now you can, too! Each new edition features an introduction by Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Award-winning poet and writer Kwame Alexander.

Free Write

Newbery Medal–winning author Kwame Alexander’s poetry notebook is perfect for budding authors! Have you ever written a poem? How about rap lyrics or a list? Those can all be poetry too. Want to give it a try? Kwame Alexander created this super-fly writing notebook just for YOU! It’s bursting with lots of space to create. So grab your pen or pencil ’cause it’s time to give your words FLOW, RHYTHM, and RHYME.

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Sherlock Holmes

Margaret Dilloway delivers a fresh take on the beloved British sleuth and sidekick duo. How did a stolen blue jewel end up inside a goose? What’s going on at a secret club for red-haired people? Why was a man found dead in an empty room? Sherlock “Shirl” Holmes is on the case! Can the world’s greatest detective and her best friend, Dr. Joan Watson, use their powers of deduction to solve three perplexing mysteries?

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Magic Paintbrush

A collection of modern retellings of traditional tales from around the world by Henry Lien, Jennifer Torres, and Varsha Bajaj. Discover a paintbrush that brings to life whatever is drawn, even a scary dragon…a mysterious girl who communicates with animals and controls the weather…an enchanted statue that grants a secret wish for major-league baseball skills!

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Masterfully adapted by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, this playful retelling of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is sure to delight today's readers. How strange! thinks Alice, when she spots a white rabbit in a plaid vest run by her in the park. She follows him down the rabbit hole—and lands in a magical place where nothing makes sense. With the Mad Hatter, the grinning Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts, Alice is in for the adventure of her life!

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Frankenstein

This diverse and playful retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Anna Meriano is sure to delight today's readers for years to come! Dr. Victor Frankenstein never planned on making a terrifying monster—he was just trying to build a man out of dead body parts. But now his enormous creature has come to life and escaped his science lab, spreading fear throughout the countryside! Can Dr. Frankenstein find his monster and stop him before he does something horrible?

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Trinity

By New York Times bestselling author DJ MacHale, this original novel is an action-adventure story of perception with plenty of twists, turns, and surprises! There’s a thief in the Wild West town of Silver Spur, and he’s stolen the Trinity—silver, gold, and a rare diamond. Was it the Camarillo Kid? Or is he as innocent as he claims? Hitch and Dale are hot on his trail, battling an enormous spider, a mechanical army, and quicksand. But evil forces plan to use the Trinity’s power to destroy the planet! Can Hitch and Dale stop them in time?

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The Jungle Book

Beautifully re-imagined by Karuna Riazi, this delightful rendition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will captivate readers young and old. Mowgli loves living in the jungle with his wolf family and his two best friends, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. But when he discovers he's really a human and not a wolf cub, his happy world is truned upside down. And now Shere Khan, the fiercest tiger in the jungle is out to get him! Will Mowgli be able to save himself and his family?

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The Ghostwriter world doesn’t end with the TV show – and neither do its characters' adventures. In Ghostwriter: Beyond the Page, author D. J. MacHale introduces fans to a new way of engaging with the series by diving deeper into their own literary journeys. Across four short episodes, viewers join Ghostwriter's Donna as she sets off to write an original story of her own. With a little help from some surprising guests, Donna discovers everything she needs to pen her tale. Along the way, she encourages the audience to start their own stories with the Ghostwriter Activity Guide.