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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. Olga Fernando. 25 subscribers. Subscribed. 16. 5.7K views 11 years ago.
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- Olga Fernando
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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- Louise Anne Bateman
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
Young James, after moving into a charming Victorian home with his family, finds that he has an invisible roommate - the ghost of Thomas Kempe. The ghost needs an apprentice, but when James refuses to cooperate, accidents and mysterious events plague the neighborhood.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Robert Chenault
- 1979-11-03
But it is not James who is causing all the mischief. It is the ghost of an ancient sorcerer, Thomas Kempe, who is determined to make James his apprentice. Why we chose it. A gentle ghost story from a great storyteller set in Oxfordshire.
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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.
