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Gr 3-7 Cast out when their spooky castle gets modernized into a holiday camp, Humphrey and his ghost family search for a new home. They meet a friendly schoolboy named Rick who decides they should start a "ghost sanctuary," since human expansion has ruined so many ghoulish spots in England. When the sanctuary turns out to be a trap meant to exorcise all of the ghosts, Rick and Humphrey must save the day. Ibbotson's sense of humor is in fine form, especially in her detailed descriptions of the various ghostly c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Originally published in England in 1975, this novel infuses the macabre with an environmental sensibility. The unsure fate of a family of homeless ghosts inspires young Rick Henderson to take on the cause of Great Britain's specters displaced from their usual haunts by rampant overdevelopment and urbanization. Rick is distressed about oil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More