The Ghost in the Third Row — Bruce Coville

THE STAGE IS SET . . .
FOR A GHOSTLY SCENE!

For sixth grader Nina Tanleven, trying out for a part in the play is pretty scary. But nothing can compare to seeing a ghost, a woman in white, sitting in the audience! Nina senses that she has nothing to fear from this apparition, but she is intrigued. She learns that fifty years ago, a beautiful actress was murdered -- on this very stage. According to legend, the actress has haunted the theater ever since....

When strange things start to happen around the theater -- scripts are ripped up, sets are knocked down, a costume is torn to pieces -- everyone thinks the ghost is trying to stop the show. But Nina and her best friend, Chris, think the case may be more complicated. If the show is to go on, they need to do some ghost-hunting of their own and figure out just what it is the Woman in White is trying to tell them!