Brother and sister Ben and Hanna Littleton live with their dad Percy who is a paranormal investigator. The two siblings enjoy helping their father out with his work and often go with him when he travels to investigate reports of ghosts being seen or causing a disturbance.

When Percy is called to help rid a hotel of ghosts that seem to be increasing in power he tells his children they can attend but they must not get involved as the hotel ghost is said to be particularly dangerous.

After checking into the hotel Percy leaves the children in their hotel room telling them they must not go to the ninth floor which is where all the ghostly activity has been happening. But kids being kids, the two can’t help themselves and decide to see for themselves what all the fuss is about, but with a maniac hotel Bellhop who died nearly 100 years ago on the loose and his victims trying to escape from him the children find themselves caught up in the middle of this ghostly battle.

The Haunting of Room 909 is the first book in a new middle-grade series called Junior Paranormal Investigators. The book is set in Banff, Canada and revolves around Ben and Hanna who want to be paranormal investigators like their dad Percy. Their dad hadn’t always had this job though, he started after his wife disappeared into a bright light one night three years ago.

The children are typical kids, fun, cheeky and don’t always do as they are told. They see how their dad’s job looks like a lot of fun and decide that they have seen their father work on enough sites to know how to be investigators of their own.

The book is engaging and exciting. The book does feature numerous ghosts and one particularly nasty one too, so if you have a child that is easily scared I would suggest that you don’t let them read this book, however for those that love a good paranormal book, this would be perfect.

This is a great start to what looks like is going to be a wonderful series featuring two very bright and brave siblings, oh and their dad too. I hope in the future we get to find out what happened to their mum as the way her disappearance was told was more of a UFO abduction that ghostly activity, so I’m wondering if there will be a cross over between the two at some point.

About the Author

Michael James is an author from the prairie province of Alberta, Canada. He is an avid golfer, cyclist, and astronomy enthusiast.

Junior Paranormal Investigators: The Haunting of Room 909 is Michael’s debut novel for middle grade readers.

After absorbing all things paranormal while growing up, he knew he had to share his fascination with ghosts and other-worldly-creatures with the next generation of kids.

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