Thoroughly enjoyed this story. A great read for a younger boy. A bit of mystery, history, adventure, and ghosts all rolled into one story. ( )

Gank.

This book failed me in several important ways. I'm fond of lighthouses, and I wanted the light to play a much more central role, and for Jack to have much more to do with it, than it did or he did. The ghost of Nathaniel isn't very filled-out as a character, barely one-and-a-half-dimensional, and Jack's overcompensating father gets REALLY old--not to mention that when his character does change, it changes too much too quickly and implausibly.

And that's not to mention several other plot holes that I won't go into here, just in case one of them should turn out to be a spoiler. But this one's definitely getting the Gong from me, and going on a one-way trip to sleep with the Half-Prices. ( )

A mystery about a new place to live and a ghost with a problem. ( )