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"The Ghost in the Third Row" is the first of three books that deal with two girls and their run-ins with various ghosts. The second and third books are The Ghost Wore Gray and The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed, but the first installment was the only one that I hadn't read as a child. Perhaps because of that reason (what with the lack of nostalgia that came with revisiting the others), I found it less enjoyable than its sequels. Not bad, just a little bland.

Nina Tanleven and Chris Gurney have both auditioned and won parts in the upcoming theatre production of "The Woman in White," only to find that rehearsals are fraught with difficulties. Costumes are sabotaged, possessions are stolen, and there are sightings of a ghostly woman sitting in the third row. The play itself is based on a true story about a singer who was killed by a jealous suitor, and now the cast believes that she's haunting the theatre.

But Chris and Nina have a different theory. Having seen the ghost for themselves and considering her quite friendly, they believe that she's trying to point them towards a human culprit behind all the disruption. There are plenty of suspects to choose from: the leading lady Lydia Crane, director Edgar Lonis, writer Alan Bland, producer Gwendolyn Meyer, and plenty more cast and crew. If anything, there are perhaps a few too many suspects - I've only named a few, and altogether there are quite a lot to keep track of in such a slender volume.

Nina and Chris's investigation is filled with plenty of scares and mini-mysteries, though it's not Bruce Coville's best offering for young readers. Often chapters end on cliff-hangers that are resolved in the following chapters through the perspective of hindsight, and many of the characters are little more than names, making it difficult to consider them viable suspects in the mystery. How Nina ultimately solves the mystery is a bit of a stretch (a brief comment reminds her of an incident that not only occurred several weeks ago, but which Nina wasn't even involved with) and there's a rather irritating portrayal of female relationships. Although Nina and Chris have a strong bond, there is the inevitable (and clichéd) presence of the catty young co-star, as well as a female stage manager that Nina hates on sight because: "she was beautiful and I didn't care to have anyone that pretty sitting next to Edgar."

Still, Nina's first-person narration is breezy and fun, and her warm relationship with her father is high-point. Though this is a somewhat weak beginning to the trilogy, the following books more than make up for it.


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The Ghost in the Third Row Bruce Coville 9780553156461 Books Reviews

I loved this book as a kid and read it over and over until the book fell apart! What could be better than theatre + mystery + friendship?
Childhood favorite via 1988. I'm glad I saved my copy because it isn't even available anymore. My boys have really started liking mystery ghost stories. This is a nice one that is not too scary but keeps them guessing. My youngest was very happy with the ending because "Even though it was sad, it was happy."
Many popular children's books are ridiculous if you go back and read them again as an adult. See, e.g., The Babysitter's Club series - I'm still slightly mortified that I wasted so much time on them. This book (and the others in the series) is different - the story is solid, and the writing is fresh and intelligent. I first read & loved this book when I was in 4th grade - nearly 20 years ago. I picked it up again earlier this year (I'm 29!) and loved it just as much. What makes the difference between this & other books is that Mr. Coville assumes his readers are intelligent - he doesn't write as though he's writing to children, he writes as though he's writing to people.
Maggie B.
Title The Ghost In The Third Row Author Bruce Coville
The ghost in the third row I think would be a good book for kid’s 9-12 .It’s funny, mysterious, tragic, sad, and always leaves you wanting more. The ghost in the third row is about a woman named Lily Larkin, a young actress about 50 years ago who died in a tragic death. Two men named Andrew Heron and Edward Parker both were in love with Lily. So, through time lily began to like Edward and they both started to see each other.

During opening night of the play, Lily was doing her solo part and while she was singing. Andrew Heron, the other man that liked Lily, thought if he couldn’t have her, no one could. Therefore he felt the need to kill her. Ever since Lily’s ghost has been stuck in the theater she died in, waiting to be reunited with her true love. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this book a 9 because it first starts out normal, then it turns into a comity, mystery, and romance about two people in love but are separated by death. This book also has trust and friendship because of two girls named Nina and Chris. They both have to do some dangerous things together to try to free Lily. Or at least find out why she’s there.

There’s more than romance in the ghost in the third row though. As I said before there is tragedy because two people die by falling off a railing at the end. There is an upside to one of the person’s death. One of them was Edward Parker, the man who Lily loved. The two girls Nina and Chris at first didn’t know who Edward was because he was now known as Pop. An old man who lives in the theater that’s haunted by a ghost.

The only way Lily Larkin can be freed from the theater is by people who truly love the theater. These people can also see her ghost unlike people who don’t care for the theater as much. Now there is not a lot of dangerous parts in this book but when there is, it feels so realistic and like you’re really there. Finally the ghost of Lily Larkin and the ghost of Edward Parker are together at last. In the end, they were dancing together to the song that she died to (The Heart That Stays True) and slowly drifting away to where ever the wind takes them. I definitely recommend The Ghost in The Third Row, it is a mind blower.
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Read this every summer as a kid. Love just as much now, as I did then. Ghost in the 3rd Row should be considered a timeless classic. Bruce Coville is still one of my favorite all-time writers.
First read this when it was new over twenty years ago. Nice story of two young girls who meet a ghost in the theater. A gentle tale well told.
"The Ghost in the Third Row" is the first of three books that deal with two girls and their run-ins with various ghosts. The second and third books are The Ghost Wore Gray and The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed, but the first installment was the only one that I hadn't read as a child. Perhaps because of that reason (what with the lack of nostalgia that came with revisiting the others), I found it less enjoyable than its sequels. Not bad, just a little bland.

Nina Tanleven and Chris Gurney have both auditioned and won parts in the upcoming theatre production of "The Woman in White," only to find that rehearsals are fraught with difficulties. Costumes are sabotaged, possessions are stolen, and there are sightings of a ghostly woman sitting in the third row. The play itself is based on a true story about a singer who was killed by a jealous suitor, and now the cast believes that she's haunting the theatre.

But Chris and Nina have a different theory. Having seen the ghost for themselves and considering her quite friendly, they believe that she's trying to point them towards a human culprit behind all the disruption. There are plenty of suspects to choose from the leading lady Lydia Crane, director Edgar Lonis, writer Alan Bland, producer Gwendolyn Meyer, and plenty more cast and crew. If anything, there are perhaps a few too many suspects - I've only named a few, and altogether there are quite a lot to keep track of in such a slender volume.

Nina and Chris's investigation is filled with plenty of scares and mini-mysteries, though it's not Bruce Coville's best offering for young readers. Often chapters end on cliff-hangers that are resolved in the following chapters through the perspective of hindsight, and many of the characters are little more than names, making it difficult to consider them viable suspects in the mystery. How Nina ultimately solves the mystery is a bit of a stretch (a brief comment reminds her of an incident that not only occurred several weeks ago, but which Nina wasn't even involved with) and there's a rather irritating portrayal of female relationships. Although Nina and Chris have a strong bond, there is the inevitable (and clichéd) presence of the catty young co-star, as well as a female stage manager that Nina hates on sight because "she was beautiful and I didn't care to have anyone that pretty sitting next to Edgar."

Still, Nina's first-person narration is breezy and fun, and her warm relationship with her father is high-point. Though this is a somewhat weak beginning to the trilogy, the following books more than make up for it.