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The haunting of Granite Falls

When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle of Carra is sold, dismantled, and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating.

Main Author: Ibbotson, Eva.
Other Authors: Hawkes, Kevin (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2004.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Subjects:
Ghosts > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle of Carra is sold, dismantled, and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating.
Physical Description: 216 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0525471928
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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