The Shade of Hettie Daynes

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Description

If you expect to see a ghost, you see a ghost… That’s what Bethan tells herself when her brother Harry takes her to see the ghost at the old reservoir. But she really can see it: a pale figure floating over the water, one finger pointing downwards.Local legend says that the ghost is Hettie Daynes, an ancestor of their family, who vanished over a hundred years ago.If so, what does she want? And why is she appearing now?Harry and Bethan and their friends Rob and Alison are determined to find out!A deliciously shivery ghost tale from multi award-winning author Robert Swindells.

Additional information

Weight 0.181 kg
Dimensions 1.6 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

256

Publisher

Year Published

2014-10-27

Imprint

For Ages

9-11

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0552572993

About The Author

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH

Robert Swindells leaves nothing to chance in this most entertaining ghost story. They didn't have books for children like this when I was a nipper!

Other text

An exciting tale for the over 10s

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