The classic ghost story from Penelope Lively, one of the modern greats of British fiction for adults and children alike. 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. 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. ...
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The classic ghost story from Penelope Lively, one of the modern greats of British fiction for adults and children alike. 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. 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 17th century 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. An iconic ghost story for children, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is adored by generations of readers.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket, Ex-School Library Book, in Good Condition. Lib stamps and pocket, otherwise very clean, no other markings, no creasing, tight & solid book. Illustrations by Antony Maitland. Lots of odd things were happening in the new home in Ledsham for James Harrison--but the most astonishing was when he discovered that Thomas a Kempe, a 17th century sorcerer, proclaimed James to be his current apprentice--and the deviltry begins. Fun and humor. 186 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1973, Dutton Juvenile, USA.