Frights! Camera! Action! is a Ghostville Elementary book about how a film crew comes to make a movie in a haunted elementary school in Sleepy Hollow. The haunted school has a whole class of ghosts from a third grade class one hundred years ago, along with a ghost dog and a ghost cat. One of these ghosts badly wants to be in the film being made at the school, but one of the boys who knows the ghosts exist, Jeff, doesn't want to share the limelight with her.

The ghosts make a bit of a racket, wanting to be in the film, and eventually Jeff agrees to share the spotlight in exchange for some ghostly special effects. In the end, everyone is happy and the movie is a success.

This book is entertaining, but some parts of the story ring a little sad for what is supposed to be an amusing kids tale. The poor ghosts have been there for one hundred years trapped in a basement, waiting to be recognized, which some of the third grade characters even seem to realize. While everything works out in the context of the story, the topic of an entire ghostly classroom of kids seems a bit somber for such a tale. Still, the book will be easy to read and should be interesting for children in this age range. ( )