The covers have minimal shelf wear. The binding is tight & spine is not cracked. The pages are a bit yellowed but clean, no underlining or coloring. 📚 Check out my store for more chapter books! Synopsis | We never believe in ghosts before! There it was. The old Blackwell mansion! One big monster of a building. It had dark towers, pointed gables, and shadowy arches. And it was haunted! Or at least that's what most people thought. The third grade of Elmwood Elementary was spending the year there because the school's main building was overcrowded. And very strange things were happening. . . —From back of the book b-165.2