Andres Miedoso

Meet Desmond Cole! A fearless eight-year-old who runs his own ghost patrol, looking for ghosts, monsters, and mischief makers everywhere. Oh, and he just so happens to be my new best friend...and thank goodness! Because I'm afraid of everything.
Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and spirits who are major mischief-makers. Most kids spend their days without ever seeing or dealing with a ghost, but...

Desmond and Andres visit a scary roller-ghoster in this eleventh haunted adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
The Kersville Amusement Park is always a good time, but it also gives a new meaning to the term "thrill rides." That's because, in addition to being a popular destination for heart-pounding fun, the park is also just a little bit haunted. Join Desmond and Andres as they try to enjoy their day at the amusement park while...

A vampire has been sucking everyone's homework dry in this thirteenth creepy adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
Kersville Elementary School has a problem: there's a very hungry vampire on the loose! But this creature doesn't thirst for blood. Instead, he's been eating the students' homework! Can Desmond Cole stop the monster from turning everyone's work into food for thought?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations...

A werewolf has everyone chasing their tails in this twelfth spooky adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
Kersville has a furry problem: there's dogcatcher on the loose! And he's snatching up every dog he can find, including the ugliest stray you've ever seen...that Desmond Cole has fallen in love with. But the dogcatcher may have bit off more than he can chew. Could one of the snatched canines be a werewolf?

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Desmond Cole goes on a field trip to the museum in the ninth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
Museums are great places to see really old stuff. The Kersville Museum has old paintings, old statues, and even old mummies that come with old curses. Sounds like a perfectly safe place to visit for family fun.

Until the mummies start to disappear!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the...

A haunted ice cream truck is on the loose in this fourteenth chilling adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
Summer in Kersville is like summer in a lot of other places. The sun is bright and hot. School is closed and the pool is open. And kids know to run away as fast as they can when they hear the familiar song of the ice cream truck. Because that means the I Scream Man is here for dessert!

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Watch out for ghouls on the dance floor in the tenth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
School dances are tricky. Everybody wants to go, but nobody wants to dance. The music is too loud for anyone to talk. Teachers are there watching kids, but telling them to go out and have a good time. Oh, and at Kersville Elementary...be careful because you'll have to watch out for ghouls on the dance floor!

With easy-to-read language...

It's Desmond and Andres versus the Zombie Zookeeper in the fourth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!
For this case, Desmond and Andres off to the zoo! Zoo field trips are the best. You get to ride in a bus, you get to spend the day outside, and all the animals are safely far away in their enclosures. Nothing scary here, right? Wrong! Leave it to Desmond Cole to find the one zookeeper who's also a zombie.

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The team gets into a troll lot of trouble in this seventeenth spooky adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
There's something grumpy, super stinky, and crawling with bugs underneath the stone bridge in Kersville—and it's NOT one of the kids from town. Now if anyone crosses the bridge, they either answer three riddles...Or they pay the troll toll.

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page,...

There's trouble brewing of mythic proportions, making the residents of Kersville go mer-mad, in this sixteenth adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!
Something is fishy at the Kersville Aquarium and it's not just the fish. Okay, it is the fish, but there's a bigger mystery lurking in the water. It's slimy. It's sneaky. And it sings an eerie song so strong that no one ever escapes!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations...