Peeled -- Joan Bauer

Hildy Biddle wants something monumental to happen so she can finally prove herself to be more than a high school journalist. The problem? Her town's biggest story stars a ghost, which is not an easy interview. But while the local paper is playing up people's fears with shocking headlines of creepy happenings, Hildy is determined to discover what's really going on. Unfortunately, her desire to uncover the truth is starting to cause a stir. With rumors swirling and tensions high, can Hildy push past all the hype and find out the real truth?<br><br><b>Author:</b> Joan Bauer<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Young Readers Group<br><b>Published:</b> 06/25/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 256<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.26h x 5.72w x 0.69d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780142414309<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 4.2<br><b>Point Value:</b> 7<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>122349 / Peeled<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>July 12, 1951 - "I was born at eleven A.M., a most reasonable time, my mother often said, and when the nurse put me in my mother's arms for the first time I had both a nasty case of the hiccups and no discernible forehead (it's since grown in). I've always believed in comic entrances.<p>"As I grew up in River Forest, Illinois in the 1950's I seem to remember an early fascination with things that were funny. I thought that people who could make other people laugh were terribly fortuna