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Neighbourhoods in modern Britain leave few places for ghosts to haunt – castles are heated, bogs drained for motorways, and forests turned into car parks. In this setting, Humphrey the Horrible, a small, mostly unsuccessful ghost, longs to be as ghastly as his family. Although his name implies terror, Humphrey is a friendly skeleton with twinkling eye sockets and jangling finger bones. When an evil plan to exorcise his family emerges, Humphrey discovers that heroism does not require fearsome power. Partnering with an astute schoolboy, Rick Henderson, he fights to protect his kin and secure a sanctuary for ghosts across England.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Eva Ibbotson
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