Synopsis
Something's rotten in the heart of apple country!
Hildy Biddle dreams of being a journalist. A reporter for her high school newspaper, The Core, she's just waiting for a chance to prove herself. Not content to just cover school issues, Hildy's drawn to the town's big story—the haunted old Ludlow house. On the surface, Banesville, USA, seems like such a happy place, but lately, eerie happenings and ghostly sightings are making Hildy take a deeper look.
Her efforts to find out who is really haunting Banesville isn't making her popular, and she starts wondering if she's cut out to be a journalist after all. But she refuses to give up, because, hopefully, the truth will set a few ghosts free.
Peeled is classic Joan Bauer, featuring a strong heroine, and filled with her trademark witty dialogue, and problems and people worth standing up to.
The Washington Post - Elizabeth Ward
What is surprising is the deftness with which Bauer wraps her moral—the higher mission of newspapers—inside a souffle-light and thoroughly entertaining murder mystery…Kids who've enjoyed Carl Hiaasen's opinionated satirical romps, Hoot and Flush, should love Peeled.