"Once Upon a Halloween Night" is a middle grade fantasy tale of ghost named Vernon Boggs. On his deathbed many, many years ago, Vernon cursed his dysfunctional family for their spiteful and hateful behavior, and he promised to haunt them. The trouble, as Boggs discovers, is that curses go both ways. He is bound to the house and family land because of the curse. He cannot move on. One Halloween night, he befriends a teenage witch named Lucy. With the help of a magic substance called Wind-dough, Lucy helps Boggs leave his prison one time a year. Boggs chooses Christmas Eve because it was the most cherished time of the year for himself and his wife Joy. Soon Boggs realizes he is forgetting about Joy and the problems of the living, namely his distant relatives that live in the family home, are pushing his memories aside. If a ghost forgets, then he has nothing. Boggs soon understands that he must escape the curse, but time is running out. Will Lucy be able to help him? Meanwhile, Lucy is having her own troubles. She cant seem to be mean and witchy like her sisters. They say shes too nice to be a witch and shell never become truly ugly unless she starts doing some nasty, horrible things. She wants to earn her warts, but Lucy just cant be wicked. Soon realizes her magical gifts are in supernatural home decorating and party-planning. "Once Upon A Halloween Night" is a dazzling and fun-filled ride through many of the major holidays, specifically Christmas and Halloween. Can a cranky old ghost and a sweet young witch break with tradition and follow their own paths?
