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May 29, 2015 · The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1979) BoyOhBoyOhBoy1. 2.58K subscribers. 248. 27K views 9 years ago. I don't claim ownership of this performance. An "ABC Weekend Special" (1979) starring Shane...
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Oct 7, 2022 · Mysterious messages, unwanted advice and ghostly happenings all plague young James and his family in their haunted home.
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1.67K subscribers. Subscribed. 20 views 11 months ago. Features a boy and his modern family who are new in their English village, and seem beset by a poltergeist. Soon the boy makes acquaintance...
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The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a low fantasy novel for children by Penelope Lively, first published by Heinemann in 1973 with illustrations by Anthony Maitland. Set in present-day Oxfordshire, it features a boy and his modern family who are new in their English village, and seem beset by a poltergeist.
- Penelope Lively, Pam Smy
- 1973
A gentle ghost story from a great storyteller set in Oxfordshire. The arrival of the ghost brings humour and some very funny situations but also a poignant sense of the passing of time and of changes over time to people and to places.
The real culprit is Thomas Kempe, a sorcerer from a prior century who's been unwittingly released from an antique bottle. Young James, after moving into a charming Victorian home with his family, finds that he has an invisible...
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The classic ghost story from Penelope Lively, one of the modern greats of British fiction for adults and children alike. James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage – with grounds that are great for excavations, and trees that are perfect for climbing – and stuff is happening.
