Keep Both Eyes Open The book named The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki was a very good book. This story was about a boy named Neil Cady and his sister named Bree who were sent to his aunts’ house for the summer. They made friends named Eric and Wesley. They went to an abandoned asylum and met trouble. They were followed by a ghost who they thought was Nurse Janet. The ghost was actually murdered. The ghost was named Rebecca and she gave them clues to solving her murder as well as her mom’s. The kids went on an adventure to solve it. They discover the murderer is closer to them then they think. In this book, there were many characters that had unique character traits that varied. Neil was my favorite character because he was curious, did not give up and was very intelligent. He desired knowledge when he went into Graylock Hall-State Hospital when he was warned of the danger. Also, he did not give up when his sister wanted to go home because of the haunting and he convinced her to want to solve the mystery. He broke into someone’s house so they could find a clue to the murder. He did all he could to give …show more content…
He was selfish, doesn’t think about what is best for everyone, and not reliable. An example of the dad being selfish is he left his family to go off and tries to reach a dream of being in a big production. He doesn’t think about what is best for everyone because when his dream did not work out, he expected everyone to be a family again and drop what they were doing. This is shown when Clare said, “Linda may still need some time to herself. Did it even occur to you to ask her what she wants? Just because you’re decided to come home doesn’t mean we’re all ready to have you back” (202). He is not reliable because family shouldn’t abandon one another, but the father did so. The father was overall a fine person, but he did not have his head on