Tales of Silly Suspense

'The Yggyssey,' 'The Neddiad,' and 'Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl'

"When I got home from school, my room was full of ghosts ... again!" sighs the appealing heroine of author Daniel Pinkwater's "The Yggyssey." Her buddies, the stars of the companion novels, "The Neddiad" and "Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl," are equally at ease with the supernatural, be it a phantom bellboy or the shape-shifting Wolluf. In these light yet literary reads, the kids' acceptance of another dimension opens up strange new worlds of friendship and thrills, yet the tone is more kooky than spooky.