Chapter detective - Star trail
How many questions you can answer at the end of each chapter? You can do them in your head or
write them down in your FBA book. When each chapter is complete give yourself a star.
Frightfully friendly ghosties
Cover / contents page
1. What is the name of the author?
2. What award has it already won?
3. What are your first impressions of the front cover picture?
4. When you read the back cover blurb do you think the book sounds interesting?
5. What does the Guardian newspaper comment on it?
6.When you look at the contents page. Which chapter would you think is most exciting? Why?
Chapter one
1. What always happens when Tabitha has an idea?
2. What kind of ghost is Tabitha?
3. What does Tabitha say the ghosties need?
4. Who are the ‘still-alives’?
5. Where does Wither go to hide?
6. How does Agatha get him out?
7. What was Wither hiding?
8. Why does headless Leslie need help? Where is he?
9. What does ‘holler’ mean?
Chapter two
1. How do the ghosties decide to travel?
2. What happens when they go to buy their tickets?
3. Which kind of train do they decide to travel on?
4. Can you name six passengers going on ‘hollerday’?
5. What does ‘atrocious’ mean?
Chapter three
1. Can you name a seaside resort in the south of England that rhymes with ‘Frighten’?
2.What time of year is it? What’s the weather like?
3.What does Wither mean when he says ‘it’s like a ghost town’?
4. Who ends up carrying all the luggage?
5. What happens to Agatha’s hat?
6. What does the newspaper headline say?
7. What terrifies Pamela Fraidy?
8. What does Humphrey find to carry the luggage?
9. What does ‘bracing’ mean?
Chapter four
1. Who is Charlie sharing a bunk with?
2. what is Charlie’s ghostly skill?
3. Who does Charlie meet in the alley way?
4. How does Charlie make a living?
5. Why is Alfie 21? Why does Charlie think there’s something wrong?
6. Describe the sinister figure Charlie sees in the alley?
Chapter five
1. Why doesn’t Charlie tell the others what he’d seen?
2. Tabitha can make the candy floss machine work? Who for?
3. What does the Fortune teller say is on the pier?
4. Who is the Fortune teller?
5. What does ‘blub’ mean?
Chapter six
1. What kind of key does Humphrey think they need to open the gates?
2. Where does Pamela go?
3. Who wisps over the gate to get Pamela?
4. What does Humphrey eat?
5. How do they get onto the pier in the end?
6. What does ‘ornate’ mean?
Chapter seven
1. Where does Tabitha look for the other ghosties?
2.Who does she find first?
Chapter eight
1. What does Pamela think about the bumper cars?
2.Why does Tabitha think Humphrey will be sick?
3. Who starts up the bumper cars?
4. What does ‘illuminated’ mean?
Chapter nine
1. What is Wither’s full name?
2. Why does Wither want to go home?
3. How does he think he can get home?
Chapter ten
1. How is Humphrey winning on the slot machines?
2. What does Wither think of this?
3. Why are Pamela and Aggie in high spirits?
4. What has Tabitha seen?
Chapter 11
1. How does Tabitha reassure Pamela?
2. Describe the building at the end of the pier?
3. What does Wither see as he floats towards the building?
4. What sound does Wither hear?
Chapter 12
1. How do they try to get out at first?
2. Why does Charlie not use his power?
3. What do the ghosts think of the inside of the music hall?
4. What ghostly word does Pamela use to describe it?
5. What do the ghosts decide to do while waiting for Leslie?
Chapter 13
1. Why does Charlie have to make a clicking sound when he’s tap dancing?
2. What had happened by the time he’d finished his second number
3. Who were the next three acts?
4. What happened to Withers?
5. Who was in the front row?
Chapter 14
1. How does Leslie keep his head in place?
2. Who appears on stage next?
3. Who does Agatha say he is?
4. What’s his name?
5. Who volunteers for the magicians final trick?
6. Who does the magician choose?
7. Why does the box have 8 wheels?
Chapter 15
1. What happens to Leslie’s head at the end of the trick?
2. What does the magician do next?
3. What does ‘flourish’ mean (‘with a flourish of his cape’)?
Chapter 16
1. What do the ghosties decide to do?
2. What does Tabitha do?
3.What do they decide the best way of going down the stairs is?
4. What is different about one of the doors?
5. What do the ghosts think is behind this door?
6. What is the magician’s favourite colour?
7. What is the magician sitting on?
Chapter 17
1. How does Alfie say he got back his mum’s ghostly kitten?
2. What do the ghosts decide to give the magician?
3. How does the magician disappear?
4. What does Wither say to Alfie to give back to Charlie?
5. What would happen if the ghostly police force tries to intervene?
6. What’s in the chest?
7. What is the Great Conjuro’s real name?
Write a postcard from one of the ghosties to a friend telling them briefly about the Hollerday.
When you’ve got all the stars come and show book club.
Well done!