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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Ibbotson's latest gives new meaning to the term "blended family." Twelve-year-old Alex MacBuff, owner of the ancient castle Carra on the bleak Scottish coast, has been raised by ghosts: a Viking warrior named Krok, a spectral governess with a penchant for drowning, a toothless vampire, and a whiny five-year-old poltergeist. Life changes when Carra is sold to a mill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More