The Ghost of the Penny Woodley: Educational Version

By Jeannie Meekins

Simon usually loved going on school outings. He loved seeing all the new places. He loved learning about new things – or old things. But this one was different.
The Penny Woodley was an old sailing ship. Over two hundred years ago, she sailed the seas. She brought supplies and settlers to a new world. Today, she was in dry dock, restored as a museum at a small inlet of the city’s main shipping harbor. And she was haunted.
“It’ll be fun,” Simon’s mum had told him when she signed the permission form.
“It’s haunted,” Simon told her.
“We went on that cemetery tour and had fun,” Mum smiled. “You didn’t see any ghosts there, did you?”
Simon didn’t answer. He sighed heavily. He’d never told his mum about the ghost he’d seen. Or of the times he’d visited the cemetery and met other ghosts.
Those times, he’d had his friends, Lisa and Jack, with him. But Lisa and Jack didn’t go to his school. And the ghost of the Penny Woodley was scary.
Are there such things as ghosts? Is the Penny Woodley haunted?
Read this creepy tale to find out!
Reading Level: 3.5

• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310859939

Jeannie Meekins

Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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THE GHOST OF THE PENNY WOODLEY

Written by Jeannie Meekins

Illustrated by Melissa Cleeman

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Editor: Caitlind L. Alexander

Pictures copyrighted 2009 by Melissa Cleeman

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The Ghost of the Penny Woodley/ Jeannie Meekins

Summary: Simon is contacted by a ghost while on a field trip to an old sailing ship.

1. Ghosts. Juvenile Literature. 2. Ship. Juvenile Literature.

Words: 4447

Reading Level: 3.5

Ages 7 to 10.

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Activities

Answers

About the Author

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THE GHOST OF THE PENNY WOODLEY

Chapter One

Simon usually loved going on school outings. He loved seeing all the new places. He loved learning about new things – or old things. But this one was different.

The Penny Woodley was an old sailing ship. Over two hundred years ago, she sailed the seas. She brought supplies and settlers to a new world. Today, she was in dry dock, restored as a museum at a small inlet of the city’s main shipping harbor. And she was haunted.

It’ll be fun, Simon’s mum had told him when she signed the permission form.

It’s haunted, Simon told her.

We went on that cemetery tour and had fun, Mum smiled. You didn’t see any ghosts there, did you?

Simon didn’t answer. He sighed heavily. He’d never told his mum about the ghost he’d seen. Or of the times he’d visited the cemetery and met other ghosts.

Those times, he’d had his friends, Lisa and Jack, with him. But Lisa and Jack didn’t go to his school. And the ghost of the Penny Woodley was scary.

The ghost was a crew member who was tortured and killed by the last ship’s captain and swore revenge against anyone who set foot on the ship.

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