I, Geronimo Stilton, have a
lot of mouse friends, but none as
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spooky as my friend reepella
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von aCklefur ! She is an
enchanting and mysterious mouse with
a pet bat named Bitewing. Creepella lives in a
cemetery, sleeps in a marble sarcophagus, and drives
a hearse. By night she is a special effects and set
designer for scary films, and by day she’s studying
to become a journalist! Her father, Boris von
Cacklefur, runs the funeral home Fabumouse
Funerals, and the von Cacklefur family owns the
creepy Cacklefur Castle, which sits on top of a
skull-shaped mountain in Mysterious Valley.
Yikes! I’m a real ’fraidy
mouse, but even I think
Creepella and her family are
awfully fascinating.
I can’t wait for you to read
this fa-mouse-ly funny and
spectacularly spooky tale!
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Bitewin
Billy are
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Squeaksp
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Granednstein
Frank
A journalist who lives in A famous writer
Mysterious Valley and and friend of
solves spooky cases with Creepella.
An extremely mad her inseparable pet
scientist and an bat, Bitewing.
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expert in Egyptian
mummies.
Snip and
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Shivere
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Grand
Troublemaking twins
and expert spies.
Dolores
Kafka
Creepella’s
favorite niece.
The von Cacklef ur
She loves spiders, and her family’s pet
pet is a gigantic tarantula cockroach.
named Dolores.
Booey the
Poltergeist Boneham
Baby
He was adopted and
raised with love by
the von Cacklefurs.
The mischievous
ghost who haunts
Cacklef ur Castle. The butler to the von
Cacklef ur family, and a
snob right down to the
w rat
Chef Ste
tips of his whiskers.
von Madame
Boris lefur LaTomb
Cack
The family
housekeeper. A
ferocious were-canary
nests in her hair.
s
Chomper
The cook at Cacklefur
Castle. He dreams
of creating the
Creepella’s father, and The von
ultimate stew. the funeral director at Cacklefur family’s
Fabumouse Funerals. meat-eating
guard plant.
a suitcase
full of ghosts
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Text by Geronimo Stilton
Original title Una valigia piena di fantasmi
Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario (pencils and inks) and
Giulia Zaffaroni (color)
Illustrations by Ivan Bigarella (pencils and inks) and
Daria Cerchi (color)
Graphics by Yuko Egusa
Special thanks to Tracey West
Translated by Andrea Schaffer
Interior design by Becky James
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A SurpriSe
from the S ky
hot
It was a very day, hot enough to make
agrilled cheese sandwich on the
sidewalk. But I didn’t mind, even though I
was stuck in a very long line with
my nephew, Benjamin. It was worth it. Want
to know why?
First, let me introduce myself! My name
is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton, and I run
The Rodent’s Gazette, the most famouse
newspaper on Mouse Island.
And now, let me tell you why I was waiting
in line withBenjamin on that sunny
afternoon.
You see, the Flying Fur CirCus
1
was in town! Every rodent in New Mouse
City wanted to see the show. It featured
magicians, cheese jugglers, and expert
acrobats. Benjamin was so excited
that
his whiskers were twitching!
“Uncle, what’s that up there?” he
exclaimed suddenly, pointing.
t!
at tha
Look
!
-daisy
Upsy
I saw a dark spot in the bright blue
sky. “Maybe it’s a cloud,” I guessed.
“A little bit of rain would cool down
my fur nicely. But . . . it’s moving so
quickly . It looks like it’s coming
right toward us!”
“Uncle, duck!” Benjamin yelled.
But his warning came too late.
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Tha
om
nks
! Welc
!
me
eso
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A S urpriSe from the S ky
Something fell right on my head!
B am !
“That’s not a cloud, Uncle. It’s a bat!”
Benjamin informed me.
Massaging my skull, I looked up. I
recognized that bat flying above me. It
was Bitewing, the pet of the spooky von
Cacklefur family.
“Ha! Nice catch, Clumsy Paws!”
I picked up what the bat had dropped
on me: a purple notebook with the
initials of my friend Creepella on the cover.
“It’s a new book! Publish it right
away!” Bitewing squeaked.
“Read it out loud now!” pleaded Benjamin,
who loved Creepella’s thrilling stories.
He didn’t have to ask me twice. You see,
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tch
e ca
Nic
A S urpriSe from the S ky
I have joined Creepella on many of her
adventures. They are always full of creepy
characters, mysterious happenings,
and settings as gloomy as moldy cheese.
I was curious to discover which tale she
had decided to tell this time. I opened the
notebook, cleared my throat, and
began to read aloud . . .
Let’s
see . . er
. oth
a n
it’s !
s ure ng tale
I’ m ill i
thr
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Ride for
your life!
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