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The great ghost rescue

A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements."

Main Author:	Ibbotson, Eva.
Other Authors:	Hawkes, Kevin ; (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New york : Dutton Children's Books, 2002.
Edition:	1st Am. ed.
Subjects:	Ghosts > Juvenile fiction. England > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements."
Item Description:	Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1975.
Physical Description:	167 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0525467696
Author Notes:	Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1925. She graduated from Bedford College, London with a degree in physiology in 1945 and the University of Durham with a degree in education in 1965. Her first book, The Great Ghost Rescue, was published in 1975. She primarily wrote children's book and romance novels for adults and young adults. Her other works include The Secret of Platform 13, The Star of Kazan, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, Dial-a-Ghost, The Ogre of Oglefort, A Company of Swans, and A Song For Summer. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea. She died on October 20, 2010 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography)

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