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Ghost Town at Sundown

  • 1997 first published
  • 76 pages
  • 29 editions

Ghost Town at Sundown is a 1997 historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. It takes readers to Laramie and Rattlesnake Flats in 1895. Characters include Slim Cooley. It deals with tree houses, frontier and pioneer life, magic and time travel.

29 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 29 editions across 6 languages.

It runs to roughly 76 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

About Ghost Town at Sundown

In this tenth title in the Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie are headed to Rattlesnake Flats, 1895. They come face-to-face with a ghost, some rustlers, and a misplaced cowboy, all in the search to answer Morgan's latest riddle.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Slim Cooley

Subjects

  • Tree houses
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Magic
  • Time travel
  • West, U.S.
  • Western stories
  • Magia
  • Frontera y exploradores
  • Vida
  • Casas en árboles
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Viajes a través del tiempo
  • Children's fiction
  • West, U.s.
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Kinderbuch ab 8 Jahren

Quick answers

Who wrote Ghost Town at Sundown?

Ghost Town at Sundown was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1997.

What genre is Ghost Town at Sundown?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Time Travel.

How long is Ghost Town at Sundown?

The median edition has 76 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Ghost Town at Sundown?

Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, A Breath of Snow and Ashes and The Fiery Cross.

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