An edition of Ghostly companions (1984)

Ghostly companions

10 stories of the supernatural

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Ghostly companions
Vivien Alcock
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An edition of Ghostly companions (1984)

Ghostly companions

10 stories of the supernatural

  • 3.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

From Publishers Weekly
Alcock's fans will be well-spooked by the strange events in this anthology of wonderfully eerie stories. In "The Whisperer," a small girl who has been dead for years haunts her older brother with continuous whispers of "Let me in, please let me in," until an outsider shows the family what the restless spirit wants. A lad buys "The Sea Bride," a ship's figurehead, only to find out that an angry groom wants her back. A wicked aunt finds herself kicked out of her own body by a devoted, gentle nursemaid who drowned in "A Change of Aunts."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up In these ten stories young people attempt to deal with or to overcome ghostly companions.'' The Strange Companions'' are a man and his reflection, from whom the man is trying to escape. InSiren Song,'' a boy tape records ghostly children playing outside his window. A Change of Aunts'' occurs when nasty Aunt Gertrude falls into the village pond and is possessed by a kindly nursemaid who drowned there years before.QWERTYUIOP'' describes a young secretary's struggle with her predecessor, communicating through the electric typewriter. Certainly there is good writing heresome vivid description, clever premises, and clear characterizations. What is lacking is the child's eye and the child's voice. Rather than stories for children, these are stories about children, and not even consistently that. Additional for junior high collections where contemporary ghost stories are in demand. Barbara Hutcheson, Greater Victoria Public Library, B.C., Canada
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Heinemann
Language
English
Pages
144

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Cover of: Ghostly Companions
Ghostly Companions
June 20, 1995, Heinemann Educational Secondary Division
Hardcover
Cover of: Ghostly companions
Ghostly companions: 10 stories of the supernatural
1995, Heinemann
in English
Cover of: Ghostly Companions
Ghostly Companions
March 14, 1994, Mammoth
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: GHOSTLY COMPANIONS
GHOSTLY COMPANIONS
February 1, 1990, Yearling
in English
Cover of: Ghostly Companions
Ghostly Companions: A Feast of Chilling Tales
June 1988, CHIVERS AUDIO BOOKS
Audio cassette in English
Cover of: Ghostly companions
Ghostly companions: a feast of chilling tales
1987, Delacorte Press
in English
Cover of: Ghostly companions
Ghostly companions
1985, Fontana Lions
in English
Cover of: Ghostly companions
Ghostly companions
1984, Methuen
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Methuen Children's Books, 1984.

Published in
London
Series
New windmills

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914

The Physical Object

Pagination
144 p. ;
Number of pages
144

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22394966M
ISBN 10
043512434X
OCLC/WorldCat
33045329
Library Thing
2768666
Goodreads
3088335

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