Overview
When eleven-year-old Toby writes to the Department of Ghosts to report strange happenings in his room, he expects help. Instead, the Department writes back-with intake forms, a case number for Archive 13B, and a hapless clerk named Clarence G. Bonesworth whose advice is hilariously absurd...and not very useful.
Toby sends details about the cold spot under his bed, wet footprints on his carpet, and a goldfish named Fettuccine who keeps dying and coming back...wrong. But when Toby notices someone-or something-is changing his file, he begins to wonder what's really happening inside the Department...and who else is involved. Other cases are at risk, too, including a girl receiving letters in her dead grandmother's handwriting. Their files share one chilling detail: the timestamp 3:17 a.m.
Presented as a full-color, case-file-style mystery-packed with forms, letters, and "evidence"-Dear Department of Ghosts blends dark humor with a slow-burn haunting for readers ages 9-13.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798994178614
- ISBN-10: 9798994178614
- Publisher: Young Minds Press
- Publish Date: January 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.04 pounds
- Page Count: 166
- Reading Level: Ages 8-12
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