Dotti Enderle

"The exasperating Gingerbread Man, famous for leading a host of townsfolk and animals in a wild chase about the countryside, lives at 398.2 on the library shelves. But the Gingerbread Man is not the type of cookie that stays in one place for very long, and one day he just can't help himself. With a leap and a whoosh, he escapes the librarian's grasp, and the chase for the wily Gingerbread Man is on again!"--Dust jacket.

While his great-grandmother seeks her deceased husband, ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy have no trouble finding a ghost on which to test Malcolm's latest gadget--a ghost zapper.

When the local museum hosts the exhibit for the mummy of Egyptian king, Tuturtikum, Malcolm and Dandy want to be the first in line. But they soon learn there is more to the mummy than just a wad of rotting rags. They've both become victims of the Tuturtikum curse! It seems the only way to zap the curse is to zap the ghost of Tuturtikum. But can the curse be lifted or will they be jinxed for life?

Ten-year-olds Malcolm and Dandy think their ghost-hunting days are over when they start fifth grade with the toughest teacher in their school, but Malcolm's photographs for the yearbook reveal that the school is haunted.

Malcolm and Dandy get new X-Specs that are supposed to have x-ray vision, but instead seem to hypnotize anyone who looks at them, which comes in handy when they battle some vicious candy they find mixed in with their Halloween treats.

Ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy, armed with a ghost detector ordered from Beyond Belief magazine, make a late-night trip to a haunted house, despite the warnings of Malcolm's great-grandmother.