Books like Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy by Ellen Potter
Olivia Kidney struggles to live in a New York brownstone where the ghostly presence is impossible to ignore. In the house her living room is submerged, she must navigate a boat past floating furniture, and strangers appear in the middle of the night, bumping into walls. With each supernatural encounter, Olivia senses that the house holds deeper secrets, prompting her to wonder why she was invited to live there. Ellen Potter blends humor and imagination in this children’s story of strange adventures in a house full of ghosts.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Ellen Potter
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