They realize the spell they cast at the tomb might be the curse. Poring through Babette’s book on the history of the occult, Lucely and Syd learn that the Purple Coven lost a member who died during a witch hunt, and the Coven devised a curse that could bring a reign of ghostly terror upon their enemies. On a class field trip to City Hall, the girls sneak in a tape recorder that catches Mayor Anderson in his office discussing a scheme to collect souls, weaken Lucely’s firefly family, and take over the city on Halloween.
Calling her by name, they try to lull her to sleep, but she and Syd manage to escape. The next day at the school library, ghosts attack Lucely. After they leave, though, they see Mayor Anderson enter the tomb when he re-emerges, he walks strangely, and his eyes glow green. They recite the spell, but nothing happens. Within it is one of the missing notebook pages with an incantation to bring back spirits. The girls pilfer the keys, ride to the cemetery, and find that one key opens the mausoleum.
Lucely also remembers a set of skeleton keys at Babette’s. Lucely recalls a story about a family whose daughter disappeared, and the family placed some of her items in a mausoleum in the nearby cemetery. They sneak the notebook past Babette and ride away. The girls rummage through Babette’s library and find an old notebook of spells. They visit Syd’s grandmother, Babette, who lives in a remote house attached to a shop filled with occult objects, potions, and books. She and her best friend Syd Faires decide to hunt for a book of magic spells buried somewhere in town centuries earlier by a group of witches, Las Brujas Moradas, the Purple Coven. The ghost of Lucely’s grandmother, Mamá Teresa, has grown weak, and one night she’s attacked by evil spirits. Simon runs a public tour of ghostly historical spots in the city, but lately, it faces stiff competition from a new tour, and if he can’t pay his bills, the Luna house will be lost to foreclosure. She can see them, but to others, they appear as fireflies. Augustine, Florida, with her father and a slew of ghostly relatives. The ebook version of the original 2020 edition forms the basis for this study guide. Ghost Squad has a Lexile score of 810L, accessible by third graders the main characters, however, are age 12, which suggests a fifth-grade audience and above.Ĭontent Warning: The story contains horror elements, and one scene describes a bloody wound. Author Ortega has written several books for young readers, including the Witchlings series all have been bestsellers.
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