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Penelope Lively is the only author to have won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal, the two most prestigious awards, one for an adult book and the other for a children’s book. It was this novel, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, that won the Carnegie Medal and if you read it you’ll know why. This is a story that will keep the reader gripped to the page as it builds to an incredibly exciting climax as Thomas Kempe the ghost seems intent on getting James into awful trouble with his family.
The Good Book Guide Review. The ghost of a 17th century sorcerer returns to his old house, now inhabited by the Harrison family. Ten year old James is being blamed for the mischief done by the ghost, who wants to make James his apprentice. A humorous foray into the supernatural. Synopsis
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage - with grounds that are great for excavations, and trees that are perfect for climbing - and stuff is happening. Stuff that is normally the kind of thing he does. And he's getting blamed for it. But it's not him who's writing strange things on shopping lists and fences. It's not him who smashes bottles and pours tea in the Vicar's lap. It's a ghost - honestly. Thomas Kempe the apothecary has returned and he wants James to be his apprentice. No one else believes in ghosts. It's up to James to get rid of him. Or he'll have no pocket money or pudding ever again.
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Format
Paperback
256 pages
Author
Penelope Lively
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Author's Website
http://www.penelopelively.n...
Publisher
Egmont Books Ltd an imprint of Egmont Childrens Books
Publication date
5th June 2006
ISBN
9781405288743
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