Ollie Oxley and The Ghost is a delightful read. Lisa Schmid delivers an original story, with likable characters that surprise you and keep you laughing until the last page. Highly recommend!

Boy moves to new town, befriends a local ghost his age, faces up to social bullying, and tries to save his family from financial woes.

There's a lot of humor here. Some of it situational, some just wacky puns and similes. The plot is really good, with great characters. The bullying is a bit exaggerated, it wouldn't work like that in real life, but for purposes of this book, it's perfect.

I really loved Teddy, the ghost kid. He's the perfect secret friend, haunting the enemies without their knowledge. I must get myself a ghost friend!

I highly recommend this book for middle grade and up. It's a fun read.

I received a copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I received a copy of this book from NetGallery as I was intrigued by the title and wanted to read a book for the younger generation as I'm training to be a teacher. I was very impressed by the writing and the creativeness of the story. I don't read many middle grade books but after enjoying this I'll be reading them in the future. Surprisingly I was really engaged with the story and when I put it down I wanted to carry on reading what happened next.

The story starts with a family moving into a new house and starting again. Ollie begins to see a boy named Teddy and doesn't realise he's a ghost until other children think he's talking to himself. They become very good friends and end up going through a number of challenges to get to the end goal the gold to save the bing and theatre. The writing is really good and the story just flows and flows. I didn't even see any clues to where the treasure could be buried so that was a pleasant surprise.

The age range for the book is 8 years and older, this would be a great read for children as it covers ghosts, family, friendship, bullies and adventure. This would be an excellent starting point to go over these themes and see what it means to the children.

Overall I would recommend this book to children and adults who are looking for a fast paced story but also has the humour side to it aswell!

I loved this charming, yet important story about Ollie! Bullying is so prevalent, especially in middle school, so watching Ollie and his friends handle bullies is absolutely the best part of this book. The exciting gold hunt to save the theater and therefore his family's ability to stay is a perfect way for Ollie to save the day. Thank you for letting me read early!

This was a ghost story, but not a scary story. Teddy is a friendly ghost, but of his new friends, since Ollie has to move a lot, only he can see the ghost, which makes it look as though he is talking to himself.

The reason he has to move a lot is his mother is in the theatre, and this town, her old home town, is hopefully the last stop.

But of course, to have a story there has to be something that is about to go wrong, and in this case, the theatre is about to close because the mortgage can't be paid.

So Oliie and Teddy start hunting for the treasure that Teddy's father buried before he died.

This was an ok mystery. The problem in I guessed the solution too far in advance, and so had to read the rest of the book about bullies, and mystics, and stuff, to get to the ending to see if I was right.

But, for a middle-grade reader, the clues might not be so obvious, and they would probably enjoy the s search for the missing gold.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Ollie Oxley was such a fun middle grade book! Twelve year old Ollie Oxley is tired of constantly moving from one town to the next. His latest home is in an old pink house in Granite City. As if a pink house isn’t bad enough, Ollie soon realizes his home is haunted by a boy named Teddy. Ollie has his fair share of problems in his new town but he definitely doesn’t want to move again.
This story has hidden treasure, bullies, a race for class president and the time is running out on all of it. Can Ollie save the day? Ollie was a very likable boy and I was cheering for him!
Thank you to North Star Edition, Flux and NetGalley for this advanced copy! I loved it! My opinions are my own.
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Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold by Lisa Schmid is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This is a delightful middle school book with great characters, dialogue, plot, and mystery! I enjoyed it and I am not a middle grade kid!
I think my 12 and 13 year old grand kids would love this book! Even kids younger than that but like I said, I would even like it! Suspense mixed with mystery and humor!