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Respect Your Ghosts (Witches of Benevento Series #4)

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The fourth book in an exciting new chapter book series by John Bemelmans Marciano and Caldecott medalist Sophie Blackall.

Welcome to Benevento, an ancient town famous for its witches!

The children of Benevento have to be careful and clever to evade the clutches of such witches as the Manalonga, the Janara, and the Clopper, who hide in wells and under bridges, fly at midnight, and play tricks during Mischief Season.

Five cousins – Primo, Emilio, Rosa, Maria Beppina, and Sergio – share adventures and narrow escapes, and discover astonishing secrets as they outwit the witches in each exciting story.

Book #4
Respect Your Ghosts: a Sergio Story
It’s Sergio’s job to take care of Bis Bis, the ancestor spirit who lives upstairs. Unfortunately, it’s hard to satisfy all the ghost’s demands and still keep Sergio’s mother happy.

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ISBN-13:	9780698175464
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	04/25/2017
Series:	Witches of Benevento Series , #4
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
File size:	46 MB
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Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Writer and artist John Bemelmans Marciano is the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans. John has continued his grandfather’s legacy of the Madeline books with Madeline and the Old House in Paris, Madeline at the White House, and Madeline and the Cats of Rome. He is the author of Bemelmans: The Life and Art of Madeline’s Creator, and of The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. John lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Andromache, and their daughter, Galatea.

Sophie Blackall has illustrated more than thirty books, including Finding Winnie, for which she won the Caldecott medal, and the New York Times Best Illustrated books Big Red Lollipop and The Baby Tree, which she also wrote. Born in Australia, Sophie lives in Brooklyn with her children Olive and Edward.

John and Sophie share studio space in Brooklyn, which makes it easy for them to collaborate.

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Editorial Reviews

"Winningly blends broad comedy with eerie encounters . . . A droll picture of life yesteryear in a—seemingly—ordinary Italian town" —Kirkus Reviews

"Blackall’s distinctive drawings are sweet and expressive" —School Library Journal

Praise for The Witches of Benevento series:

“Blackall’s delicate, lovely artwork is bewitching and Marciano’s text is, as the title implies, loaded with molto mischief. I can't wait to read what the Janara have in store for the Benevento kids next.” —Lane Smith, author of Return to Augie Hobble

“Not your run-of-the-mill chapter book. What we have here is a fresh, charming tale about an Italian village afflicted with witches and the brave, quarrelsome band of friends who try to make their acquaintance. A frisky, ingenious introduction to an old world and a new series.” —Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy and Bean series

“There is a mystery in Benevento—a mystery of witches and spirits and magic. Will you go back in time to this charming town and solve the mystery? And if you do, will you tell me what the solution is? Really! Please tell me! But watch out for the spirits. They are mischievous indeed...The Witches is a charming, intelligent tale, illustrated beautifully and evocatively. —Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm

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03/01/2017
Gr 2–5—Sergio joins his cousins in the fourth installment of the series revolving around their lives in the Italian town of Benevento, still rife with mischievous witches and ghosts. Sergio has a grumpy ghost, Bis-Bis, living upstairs in his house, and he has to cater to Bis-Bis's every whim, such as his daily eggs requirement. When Sergio upsets his mom and has to move in with the ghost, he tries to find a way out of his predicament. Sergio's mom has always wanted to attend a First of May party, which has been impossible because of a 137-year-old ghost vendetta. With the help of his cousins, Sergio hopes to break the curse and maybe trap the hidden Janara (mischief maker) along the way. Readers should be familiar with the prior three titles to keep facts and characters straight. Blackall's distinctive drawings are sweet and expressive. VERDICT While fans may want to continue with the series, this installment likely won't entice new readers, as it has lost some of its magic.—Michele Shaw, Quail Run Elementary School, San Ramon, CA

School Library Journal

2016-12-26
Nine-year-old Sergio may not be the brightest bulb in town, but he shines after helping to settle a 137-year-old feud between two ghosts in Marciano's latest visit to Benevento.Alas! When poor Sergio manages to lose a basket of "caca diapers" he had been sent down to the river to clean, his angry mother exiles him to the attic to stay with Bis-Bis, the surly spirit of his five-times-great grampa "who died in the earthquake of 1688, but not quite enough." Can Sergio escape the gassy ghost ("Skeevo!") and regain his mom's good graces by reuniting her with her beloved cousin Zia Carozzo, long separated by an old quarrel between Bis-Bis and the Carozzo family's house spirit? Though one young resident's anachronistic "Mushroom hunting is the dorkiest, lamest thing ever!" rather spoils the period flavor, this latest episode in an interwoven series set in 1820s Benevento, historically renowned for its witches and magical creatures, winningly blends broad comedy with eerie encounters. Blackall festoons the small-format pages with expressive two-color drawings of the light-skinned townsfolk, along with an occasional rubbery-looking specter, and Marciano closes with notes on the town's history and supernatural residents. A droll picture of life yesteryear in a—seemingly—ordinary Italian town. (map, "witchonary") (Historical fantasy. 8-10)

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