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  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE

  GOOD MORNING, GLOOMERIA!

  GHOSTLY GLAMOUR

  DO NOT DISTURB!

  GRANDPA FRANKENSTEIN’S STUDY

  ON THE HUNT FOR A SCOOP

  MYSTERIES AND FAINTING SPELLS

  THE BASEMENT

  THE LINEN CLOSET

  TWELVE GHOSTS … PLUS ONE?

  THE THIRTEENTH GHOST

  CLEANING AT MIDNIGHT

  A NEW WRITER!

  A THRILLING BESTSELLER!

  Creepella’s Next Adventure

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  Copyright

  Copyright

  No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  Copyright © 2010 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2011 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an idea by Elisabetta Dami.

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  Published by Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.

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  Text by Geronimo Stilton

  Original title Tredici Fantasmi per Tenebrosa

  Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario

  Illustrations by Ivan Bigarella (pencils) and Giorgio Campioni (color)

  Map on page 120: Color by Christian Aliprandi

  Graphics by Yuko Egusa

  Special thanks to Tracey West

  Translated by Emily Clement

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, August 2011

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  e-ISBN: 978-0-545-39104-7

 

 

  Geronimo Stilton, The Thirteen Ghosts

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