This is a delightfully humorous, though at times scary, book. Twelve-year-old Alex's father decides to reopen his Oddities shop located on the lower level of their house. He has recently obtained an ancient Greek corpse inside a coffin. In doing research, Alex and his dad discover that gold coins were placed inside the mouths of ancient Greek corpses to pay Charon for crossing the river Styx. Their corpse has no coin so he is unable to journey on to the afterlife. Alex has volunteered at the local senior center to be close to Rosalie, the smartest and prettiest girl in class. One of the residents, Mr. Lucas, has a coin collection and gives Alex a gold coin for the corpse. Alex is struck by lightning and zaps metal that he touches. Accidentally falling into the coffin, he zaps the corpse, bringing him to life. Alex and his cousin, Freddie, decide to help the 2000 year old Greek find his way home. They must walk amid the dead, face frightening challenges and personages, and use quick thinking and grim determination to do the right thing.
Horror
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