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The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

AuthorPenelope Lively

NarratorRosalind Adams

Duration4h 35m

CategoriesChildren's Fiction

Key StageKS2

PublisherCover To Cover

VersionUnabridged

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James and his family move into an old English cottage deep in the countryside. What they don't realise is that they're sharing their home with the ghost of 17th century sorcerer Thomas Kempe! The ghost decides he wants James as his sorcerer's apprentice, and suddenly the house is filled with chaos. Will anyone believe James when he tells them that it's a ghost wreaking all the havoc? Winner of the Carnegie Medal.

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