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The Great Ghost Rescue Paperback - 2003

by Eva Ibbotson

The bestselling author of "Which Witch?" returns with a nefarious, hilarious story of ghosts in peril--especially Humphrey the Horrible, a small, mostly unsuccessful ghost in a family of ghastly ghouls. Illustrations.


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The ghosts of Britain need a sanctuary. Castles with central heating, bogs drained for motorways, dismal forests cleared for car parks-there are few places left for a respectable ghost to haunt. Humphrey the Horrible (actually his name is simply Humphrey-he added "the Horrible" to help himself become horrible) is a small, mostly unsuccessful ghost in a family of ghastly ghouls. His mother worries. But Humphrey has enough pluck to befriend a smart, politically aware schoolboy, Rick Henderson, who is willing to take the ghosts' cause right to the top, to number 10 Downing Street-home of the Prime Minister.

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  • Title The Great Ghost Rescue
  • Author Eva Ibbotson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 167
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York
  • Date 2003-04-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780142500873 / 0142500879
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.82 x 5.06 x 0.52 in (19.86 x 12.85 x 1.32 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 920
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects England, Ghost stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001057500
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Eva Ibbotson is inventive and witty and writes with great fluency and charm. (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass)

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 05/05/2003, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 05/05/2003, Page 224

About the author

Eva Ibbotson, born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner (1925-2010), was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's books. Some of her novels for adults have been successfully reissued for the young adult market in recent years. For the historical novel Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan, 2001), she won the Smarties Prize in category 9-11 years, garnered unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and made the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Award, and Blue Peter Book Award shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was one of eight books on the longlist for the same award in 2012.
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