Welcome to Scare School - (The Scare School Diaries) by Jarrett Lerner

About the Book

Bash is a young ghost who has never been good at scaring people is nervous about his first day at scare school, where he will learn to master the necessary skills to become a successful ghost.

Book Synopsis

A young ghost tries his best to fit in with the rest of the ghouls in this sweet and spooky chapter book by acclaimed author Jarrett Lerner.

Bash, a young ghost who's never been good at "ghost stuff" is heading off to Scare School, the world's leading institution for elementary scare instruction, and he's not happy about it. In fact, he's kind of scared! His older sister Bella, precocious in every way, was a star student there and he knows the classes are hard and the teachers are tough.

Even before his first day of school, Bash is worried about how he's going to make it through the rigorous curriculum when he hasn't been able to get the hang of basics like making himself invisible or passing through walls (without bonking his head!). Will the young ghost get booooted out of Scare School?

Review Quotes

"... the book's takeaway--believe in yourself, and you can do anything--...it's just what many children need...and who better to deliver the message than an adorably nervous ghost?"-- "--Kirkus Reviews"

"Via Bash's "TOTALLY PRIVATE" journal entries, Lerner utilizes howling humor and occasional b&w comics to depict timid Bash, who--with help from his new friends and an unexpected source--faces his fears and (mostly) succeeds."-- "-Publisher's Weekly"

About the Author

Jarrett Lerner is the award-winning creator of more than a dozen books for kids, including the EngiNerds series of middle grade novels, the Geeger the Robot series of early chapter books, the Hunger Heroes series of graphic chapter books, two activity books, the illustrated novel in verse A Work in Progress, and the Nat the Cat series of early readers. You can find him online at JarrettLerner.com and on X and Instagram at @Jarrett_Lerner. He lives with his wife and daughters in Massachusetts.