CHARLIE MAJORS PUT HIMSELF IN A BIND when he blurted out in class that there was a ghost in Fowler's Woods. Now half of the class is agreeing with bully Delmar Weeks that the voice Charlie is hearing is in his head. Johnny Moss is the only other person that has heard the noise that sounds like a young girl screaming for help, and he is beginning to wonder if he really heard it. Kimberlee North, one of Charlie's best friends, and a classmate, tutors Charlie every afternoon after school. She knows and Charlie knows that without her help he is never going to learn math. She also knows it is going to be a long school year for Charlie if they can't find a way to stop Delmar Weeks from his tormenting teasing. Since Charlie doesn't seem to have any ideas how to stop the harassment, Kimberlee decides she is going to have to solve this problem on her own. Can Kimberlee find the mystery to the haunting voice, and restore some peace in Charlie's life, and calm his and Johnny's fears about the ghost in Fowler's Woods.