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Name: Constable & Toop
Author: Gareth P. Jones

Set in Victorian London, the story follows the son of an undertaker who can see ghosts. Haunted by their constant demands for attention, he faces a dilemma when a mysterious disease imprisons these spirits inside abandoned houses in the living world.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy

Authors: Gareth P. Jones

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