The Complete Ghost World Sequence (The Ghost World Sequence Book 4)

A classic children's novel, winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal, now available again in paperback. The Kirkus Review Price provides an icy, intense setting for her fantasy, which haunts almost as much as her unique characters. Booklist A spell is indeed cast over the reader: Used with a higher skill they can make our senses clearer.

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It is difficult for an individual to attempt a form sharpened and clarified by generations of story tellers — a folk tale brightens with use and all the extraneous material wears away over the years. Susan Price is an acclaimed author of over 60 books, which have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Chinese and Russian. She has won several awards, including the Carnegie and the Guardian, and has been short-listed for the Whitbread.

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Write a customer review. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. As someone else said, it's more of a folk tale. I liked it okay but it was different. The main character is very like the old witch, Baba Yaga, in the children's stories. The new-born son of the Czar is imprisoned, for life, in a tiny room at the top of a tall tower because the Czar is afraid his son will outdo him. This classic novel, winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal, is now available again as a large 'trade' paperback. Suitable for readers of 9 to teenage. The Ghost Drum is an original fairy-tale of shamans, shape-shifters, magic-battles, slaves and kings, set against darkness, Arctic cold, starlight and the brilliant jewel colours of folk-art.

Price provides an icy, intense setting for her fantasy, which haunts almost as much as her unique characters. A spell is indeed cast over the reader: Used with a higher skill they can make our senses clearer. Susan Price is an acclaimed author of over 60 books, which have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Chinese and Russian. She has won several awards, including the Carnegie and the Guardian, and has been short-listed for the Whitbread. Visit her Amazon Author Page to find out more about her books, and links to her website and blogs.

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The Carnegie Medal winning modern classic. Can the slave's-daughter and the prince survive? The Kirkus Review Price provides an icy, intense setting for her fantasy, which haunts almost as much as her unique characters. She is a founder member of the Authors Electric Collective Find them on-line. Read more Read less. Explore our editors' picks for the best kids' books of the month. See which new books our editors' chose as this month's favorites for kids of all ages.

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Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. As someone else said, it's more of a folk tale. I liked it okay but it was different.

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The main character is very like the old witch, Baba Yaga, in the children's stories. She has a house with chicken legs that runs anywhere she wants to go and is a very powerful shaman, but this girl is nice and helps people. There is a lot of death and violence, but would probably be okay for older elementary. Heck, it's a lot less scary than those "Goosebumps" stories and kids seemed to love those.

When I was young The teachers and others would tell us stories from the old days..