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Beware the Poltergeist

By: Tommy Krappweis
Narrated by: James Fouhey, Jessie Cannizzaro, Stephen Davies Bel, Marc Vietor, Jay Snyder, Dina Pearlman, Mateo d’Amato, Jessica Almasy, Cary Hite, Michael Braun, Richard Ferrone
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Publisher's summary

Earthquakes? Or poltergeists?

The second installment in the popular Ghostsitter series.

Tom's life changed quite a bit since he inherited a Ghost Train full of living dead creatures. As the fairground is struck by mysterious earthquakes, even Mimi the ghost-girl seems to pale. Vlarad the Vampire has reason to believe that a restless poltergeist haunts the old town square. So, Tom and his undead friends have to go ghost-hunting - without anyone noticing, of course.

The second adventure of 14-year-old Tom and his ghostly companions is full of spooks, gags and some surprises - a joy for listeners young, old, and undead alike.

Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©2016 Tommy Krappweis (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC

About the Creator

Best-selling Bavarian author Tommy Krappweis rose to fame as a comedian on the German version of Saturday Night Live and has since received many awards for writing, producing, and directing numerous books, tv shows and audio plays. The movie Mara and the Firebringer, based on his books, was hailed as the best German fantasy film since The Neverending Story. He is also known as the creator of Bernhard Bread; the loaf-shaped, grumpy puppet is one of Germany’s most famous children’s television characters.

About the Performer

James Fouhey has narrated more than 200 audiobooks across a wide variety of genres, including American Prison by Shane Bauer, the upcoming Love Creekwood, a Simonverse novella by Becky Albertalli, and the beloved best selling children’s series Pete the Cat by James Dean. He is also the voice of Geoff Thomasen in the award winning sci-fi audio drama, MarsFall, and played the role of Adam in The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen, a Bright Sessions novel based on the hit podcast. On stage, James has credits both regionally and Off-Broadway, most notably originating the role of Cedric in Off-Broadway's Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (New World Stages). You can find more about him at jamesfouhey.com and DSRApodcast.com.

About the Performer

Jay is an actor/director who’s been fortunate enough to appear on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and TV, and has been doing voiceovers for over ten years. He has voiced for feature films and has been heard on Nickelodeon, WB, Cartoon Network, Fox TV, the SciFi Channel, EWam, and the new CW4Kids. Best known for his work on Saturday morning cartoons like Yu-Gi-Oh! (lead), Viva Pinata (lead), Sonic X, and Pokemon, he has also worked on many other animations and can currently be heard in Gogoriki, Pat and Stan, and Chaotic. His other voiceover work includes several audiobooks, documentaries, promos, and commercials and he continues to be grateful not to have to have a "real job".

About the Performer

Marc Vietor is a writer, director and voice actor, almost never in that order. He’s narrated over 200 audiobooks, six of which were nominated for Audie awards, one of which won one. Also he is the recipient of five Earphone Excellence Awards from AudioFile Magazine, the most recent of which was 2018’s "Second Hand Curses". He is an artistic associate of The Red Bull Theater, where he has acted and directed and where he staged the award-winning production of The School For Scandal (Best Revival, Off-Broadway Alliance 2017). As an occasional actor he’s worked at The Mint Theater, HERE, Rattlestick, The Old Globe Theater, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville (Humana Festival), The Arena, The Westport Country Playhouse, Ravinia Music Festival, The O’Neill Center, The Kennedy Center, South Coast Repertory, Prince Music Theatre, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Theatre For A New Audience, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Sundance Theatre Lab, Playwrights’ Horizons, The Roundabout, NYSF. He went to Yale and Juilliard.

About the Performer

Stephen Bel Davies has recorded over 200 audiobooks for various publishers including Audible Studios, Tantor Media, Blackstone and Macmillan. He has narrated works by several NY Times bestselling authors such as Jeffrey Toobin, RL Stein, Jennifer Roberson, Piers Anthony, Walter Kern, JA Redmerski and AG Riddle. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School Drama Division Group 36.

About the Performer

Jessie Cannizzaro is a New York-based actor, comedian, and voice over artist. She originated the role of Sally in the long-running hit off-Broadway comedy Puffs at New World Stages, which was filmed and screened for fans in movie theaters nationwide thanks to Fathom Events and is available for streaming on Amazon, iTunes, and BroadwayHD. Other New York credits include Romeo and Juliet (Lincoln Center Education), The Mysteries (The Flea), The Haunting of Ichabod Crane (Park Avenue Armory), The Events (New York Theatre Workshop), and the title role in Hamlet (American Theatre of Actors). She was last seen in the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's The Gods of Comedy at McCarter Theatre Center and The Old Globe. As a voice over artist, Jessie can be heard everywhere from national commercials to Nickelodeon cartoons. She also did narration for Selah and The Spades, an official Sundance Film Festival selection that recently premiered on Amazon. Jessie was a member of The Flea’s resident acting company "The Bats" and an apprentice at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She trained at NYC’s Upright Citizens Brigade and London’s British American Drama Academy. Jessie graduated from Swarthmore College with high honors in Theater and Political Science, where she performed on the improv and sketch comedy teams. She writes and performs comedy with Infinite Sketch at The Peoples Improv Theater.

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please donot STOP

please donot stop making more English episodes i adored the characters, the general atmosphere everything

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A great sequel!

We were so excited for another ghost sitter story. The plot was exciting my kids loved hearing their favorite characters again… Our only tiny disappointment was that the song from the first book didn’t play throughout the second book however we did get it in the end! Hoping for another installment ready for book three!

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A Fun Story

I must admit that I find the Ghostsitter stories to be fun. The production quality is top notch and the voice actors are great. As for the story itself, I don't hold it to the same standard I would one written by Stackpole or Lawhead simply because it is a story written for kids and as such it is very good.

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Going ghost hunting, undercover!

This book picks up the story where A Crazy Inheritance left off and continued the laughs and development of Tom's newfound family. Facing off with a poltergeist, Tom and his friends have to try and figure out why earthquakes are occurring at a fairground and stop them somehow. And they have to do that while staying hidden from all the people who are there for the carnival.

I really liked Mimi's storyline in this book. She has been struggling with her inability to touch others
as a ghost, and she is now wondering if she will ever find her place.

Just as with the first book, I really liked this one. I am glad that I have book 3 to listen to, but I do wish that the later books in the series would be translated to English. These stories are so much fun, and I definitely want to know if Tom is able to fulfill the stipulations of his great uncle's will and get his inheritance at 18.

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awesome listen and entertaining

a easy listen could wait to listen to it. waiting on the others in the series

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intense

This book is so intense! 😹😹😹 Definitely still enjoyable and I need to recommend these to my niece and nephew. They'll get a kick out of them!

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Fun for the Whole Family

The colorful undead cast of Ghostsitter—A Crazy Inheritance returns for another madcap adventure. This time fourteen-year-old Tom and his friends (a werewolf, a vampire, a ghost, a zombie, and a mummy) find themselves fighting to protect the denizens of a fairground from a monstrously powerful poltergeist—a spirit so strong it can cause earthquakes. They do so in their normal zany fashion, causing chaos and getting into mischief along the way.

This story is performed with a full cast and plenty of sound effects and while targeted toward younger audiences, the whole family will enjoy it. The actual story behind the poltergeist is quite touching as is the eventual resolution of the crisis.

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Quiet fun

I love this series. I hope to hear more. It keeps my attention. It’s a treat!

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Fun

This book is just fun.

Pure, unadulterated fun, beginning to end.

I haven't nitpicked the plot, but it seems solid enough, and has a nice quick pace.

The characters are all likeable (even the bad guys are likeable in their own way).

There are tidbits of insight sprinkled throughout. Really good insight, just sitting in the character dialogue, ready for the main character to ignore or acknowledge; or more frequently, both.

The full cast really does great things with this book. I'm not always a fan of multiple readers, but this really works.

Closest thing to a negative: I could do without the Section summaries, but they are not actually bothersome.

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!!!too much fun!!!

The Ghost Sitter books are great entertainment! I can't wait for more books in English!!

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