Mostly Ghostly · Book 1

Who Let the Ghosts Out?

by R. L. Stine

Published
1 January 2004
Pages
129
ISBN-13
9785556254800
Type
novel

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About this book

Who Let the Ghosts Out? (2004) opens Mostly Ghostly by introducing Max Doyle and the two friendly ghost children haunting his house, Nicky and Tara, who are stuck reliving the same day from decades earlier and can't remember how they died. At 129 pages, it sets up the continuing mystery and relationship that carries through all eight R.L. Stine books, giving the series more emotional throughline than his typical monster-of-the-week format.

Its place in Mostly Ghostly

Who Let the Ghosts Out? is book 1 in the Mostly Ghostly series. It is followed by Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?. See the full Mostly Ghostly reading order.

Mostly Ghostly follows Max Doyle, an ordinary kid who discovers his house is haunted by Nicky and Tara, two friendly ghost children stuck reliving the same day from decades earlier, unable to remember how they died or move on. Unlike most of R.L. Stine's monster-of-the-week series, Mostly Ghostly builds a continuing relationship between its human and ghost leads across all eight books -- Max becomes genuinely invested in helping Nicky and Tara solve the mystery of their deaths, giving the series more emotional…

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